Hi, Nicolas George wrote: > # [#3] When applied to an operand that has type char, unsigned char, or > # signed char, (or a qualified version thereof) the result is 1. Well, in this case a byte does not necessarily consist of 8 bits, which would make data exchange somewhat difficult. But i confess that this is nearly a moot point. Important is to explicitely control the byte sequence on both sides - writer and reader. Have a nice day :) Thomas