Getting close! The attached file is really an .mll, but i had to chagne it to upload it It makes a file called c:\data.txt with exactly what I need - the problem is if I hook up all 3 inputs, maya crashes, saying fatal error. attempting to save in c:/blah/blah/..../Dave.20080109.1500.ma any thoughts about that? maybe i can turn off auto save or something? not sure why it wouldn't be able to save though, and WHAT is it trying to save?