yaa... you may be right... thank to you guys for the help... From Indonesia with love..!!

yup....i think you booth are right.. i've got some old functions which return a const char* variable... that's confusing me since i need also to modify the result... thanks kastenk thanks mark From Indonesia with love..!!

You're welcome! :) Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

why do you insist on doing it the hard way? polling every 100 ms IMO won't be any slower from your point of view. There is sufficient light for those who desire to see, and there is sufficient darkness for those of a contrary disposition. Blaise Pascal