Unless you're REALLY careful about what you're doing, using "DoEvents" in a workaround like this is a dangerous thing to do, causing some very difficult bugs to work out. A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007

Wow, this is some old code. Warning - This code will NOT work with VB.NET and won't work at all under a Windows NT Kernel O/S, such as WIndows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, ... What version of Basic is this and what O/S are you planning on running it under? A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007