Not my lucky day. Adding a shp with double-click from the browser, I get: Sorry, I can't manipulate this type of layer (1100) but the shp is loaded anyway. All the best -- Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia www.faunalia.eu Full contact details at www.faunalia.eu/pc Nuovi corsi QGIS e PostGIS: http://www.faunalia.it/calendario