jim said:
>   I want to use the number of lines in STR# resource 200 
>   as count factor gMyCount to use in the below FOR/TO/NEXT Loop 

don't know if you got the answer yet, but here it is:

>   resHndl&=FN GET1RESOURCE(_"STR#",200)
>   IF resHndl& then gMyCount={[resHndl&]}

-bowerbird