Greetings and much apprecation Nimue, Dana
The reworked code worked well Nimue. I've tried to adjust the code you posted to read the file from a directory in the $mircdir\text folder. But without success trying these
{ .play -m1 $nick $mircdir\text ($2.txt) 1000 }
and
{ .play -m1 $nick $mircdir\text $2.txt 1000 }
Thanks again for your time and consideration,
MDA