hello. i'm trying to make a program that will read the rules.ini file in the .mix file. i have no other way unless i print out the rules.ini file. i have no way of getting xcc mixer on my computer. is there a way to get the rules.ini in vb? i can read files and read a section of a file. can you give me the start position of the rules ini and the end position? also do i need to convert the data to anything? im trying to read a 268 mb in a control/object when i can simply get what i want from the file. please email me at pimpstonie@gmail.com. i will check back here in a few hours or less. thanks for your time.