Thanks for the answers. I was thinking about the Dummies book, but was unsure how good it was. I will look for the Head First and Hacks & Pranks books. Unfortunately we have a limited range of titles available here in my area of Australia. I end up getting most of my books from Amazon, but I can't flip through the books there, so I'll if these are available locally first. Thanks again. Hopefully we'll have a new VB programmer in our midst soon :laugh: