Got it.. thanks for the assist. Unfortunatly, I have to worry about early disposal of my objects because I am running this on a shared server in the company and I need to really, really, REALLY manage my memory usage (***sigh grumble***)... Thanks Heath... :) Bill P. Oakland, CA -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.21 GCM/MU/B dpu s--:-- a32 C++++$ ULH+++ P+++ L++ E+ W+++$ N++ o K? w++++$ O-- M V-- PS+ PE+ Y++ PGP++ t++@ 5++@ X++ R+@ tv b++ DI++ D+++>++++ G++ e++ h---- r+++ y++++ -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----