Thanx Luc I will try with P/invoke if that doesnt solve the problem then manual sorting is the the best option :doh: Thanx once again

Thanx for the quick reply I thought of padding but there can be a seperator e.g A - 1 1 * A 2 # 5 which makes dificult to sort do u have any idea what can be the solution in this case? Thanx

HELLO ALL; Does anybody have idea how to do Natural order sorting in vb e.g. If i ahev entries like 1 2 11 111 A AA B then it sors like 1 11 111 2 A AA AAA B So do u have any idea how to implement natural sort? Thanx in advance