@types =( ['All files',         '*'],           ['CSV files',      '.csv'],           ['Excel files',    '.xls'] ); $value = $parent->getOpenFile( -filetypes => \@types, -initialdir => '.' ); print ord($_).':' for(split(//,$value)); print "\n"; $value = encode("iso-8859-1", $value); print ord($_).':' for(split(//,$value)); print "\n";