i am wanting to know how do you search for a string or a vaule inside a exe that would be running on the system. thanks

if you are trying to get something that is only available while the program is running, then you probably need to peek into memory as a running program typically does not modify its code to store run time variable information. If you think the string exists even when the program is not running, then you could open the file as a binary and convert the hexadecimal codes into ASCII equivalents. To peek into memory you need a programming language (or a program ) that can do this. Typically it requires pointers and pointer math to accomplish this. There is a program that people use to create "trainers" for games. Google "create a game trainer" or something close to that and you will find the program of which I speak. Good Luck, Chi They mostly come at night...mostly.