I know what you mean - when I first started the C++ forum was pretty quiet, which is when I started trying to answer as many as I could. My morning login is really just a habit since then, I usually only answer one or two now, the rest have been done. Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. "I'm somewhat suspicious of STL though. My (test,experimental) program worked first time. Whats that all about??!?! - Jon Hulatt, 22/3/2002