Err ...dont mean to be a pain but MID$

i want to compare a the return of a LINE INPUT # with a fixed length string.... i have

DIM FC AS INTEGER, FLNME AS STRING * 5, DIREC AS STRING, DRVE AS STRING, CHKN AS STRING * 5
DEFINT X-Z
SCREEN 12: COLOR 15: X = 1: Y = 1: CLS
DO
LOCATE 3, 10: PRINT "Enter first 5 letters of files you wish to view : ", : INPUT ""; FLNME
LOOP UNTIL FLNME$ > ""
FC = 0
DO
LOCATE 5, 10: PRINT "ENTER DRIVE LETTER :"; : INPUT "", DRVE$
LOOP UNTIL DRVE$ > ""

OPEN "C:\FILELST.BAT" FOR OUTPUT AS #1
PRINT #1, "CD\"
PRINT #1, "DIR %1 > C:\FLIST.LST /A /S /W /B"
PRINT #1, "CLS"
CLOSE #1
SHELL "C:\FILELST.BAT"

OPEN "C:\FLIST.LST" FOR INPUT AS #1
DO WHILE NOT EOF(1)
LINE INPUT #1, DIREC2$
MID$(DIREC2$, 1, 6) = CHKN
IF CHKN = FLNME THEN LOCATE X, Y: PRINT DIREC2$
LOOP
CLOSE #1

The file dump bit will be removed eventually, but for now i would just like to be able to fill the screen will all the files that match...i work on it from there...UNSEEN