Contributor: SWAG SUPPORT TEAM { Following is some code I've thrown together , which has to find a sequence of 4 Characters in a large buffer - non-Text data. The buffer is 4096 Characters, and the sequence(s) I'm searching For could be anywhere in it, and may be found numerous times. I suspect this code is pretty inefficient, but I can't think of anything better. (Yep, this is to work With the ZIP directory at the end of the File...) So, I'm looking For a better way to code this process. I know that Pos won't work, so this brute-Force is what I came up with. Anything better? Thanks... } Const CFHS : String[4] = 'PK'#01#02; { CENTRAL_File_HEADER_SIGNATURE } ECDS : String[4] = 'PK'#05#06; { end_CENTRAL_DIRECtoRY_SIGNATURE } Var S4 : String[4]; FOUND : Boolean; QUIT : Boolean; { "end" sentinel encountered } begin FETCH_NAME; Assign (F,F1); Reset (F,1); C := 1; HSize := 0; FSize := FileSize(F); I := FSize-BSize; { Compute point to start read } Seek (F,I); BlockRead (F,BUFF,BSize,RES); { ZIP central directory } S4[0] := #4; C := 0; Repeat FOUND := False; { search For CENTRAL_File_HEADER_SIGNATURE } Repeat Inc (C); Move (BUFF[C],S4[1],4); FOUND := S4 = CFHS; QUIT := S4 = ECDS; Until FOUND or QUIT; end.