hi Steve- you can use the fileIO method. keep on learning ;-) _____________________________________________________________________________ http://clubs.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Clubs - Join a club or build your own! [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]