Use "open" as the verb, not NULL. --Mike-- "COM didn't solve the old version of DLL hell - it just provided us with a new and improved version of hell."   -- John Simmons, 1/22/2002 My really out-of-date homepage Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan.

Thanks man I'll try that. It sounds to be exactly along the lines of what I want. if only MSDN told me that : Wherever you go, there you are, and you wish you were somewhere else :