Hi Jack, here is my basic approach: - write initial documentation (basic design and information flow) - write unit tests (at least a few, because you will need them after next step) - refactor (there are many books about it, see also code refactoring[^]) - test extensively that functionality is still working and you haven't broken anything - complete your documentation (to the extend needed) Now you are ready to redesign and extend where needed. Btw, in some cases it is easier to just rewrite the whole mess from scratch, in any case keep the outer interfaces in the first refactoring round so you don't end up rewriting the whole application. Hope this helps! :) /M Chat in Europe :java: Now with 24% more Twitter

Dude that's exactly it, I never would have found it. Thanks muchly -Jack

There is no need to ditch the BackgroundWorker at all; when a BGW is created by the main thread, one of its major advantages is its ReportProgress and RunWorkCompleted events run on the main thread too; when created elsewhere, you loose that advantage, but that is what regular threads do all the time. So you would have to explicitly call Control.InvokeRequired and Control.Invoke to get the results towards your GUI, as if your BGW where just another thread. See e.g. here[^] for details, in case you need a refresh. There might be an alternative, fiddling with SynchronizationContexts, but I'm not familiar with that. :) Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles] Getting an article published on CodeProject should be easier and faster.

Java is a complete programming language. In contrast, JavaScript is a coded program that can be introduced to HTML pages. These two languages are not at all inter-dependent and are designed for different intent. Java is an object-oriented programming (OOPS) or structured programming languages like C++ or C whereas JavaScript is a client-side scripting language. Web Design Brisbane - Experienced Digital Agency Brisbane[^]

Think I figured it out: $objResult = $pdoCmd->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ); $intValue = (int)$objResult->MyColumnName; Cheers

Hrmph. Thanks very much both of you, I suspected as much. Cheers! -Jack

You're welcome. :) Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles] I only read code that is properly indented, and rendered in a non-proportional font; hint: use PRE tags in forum messages

hi Jack Well i never came across the problem, just that it had my boss very angry when i wanted a file and he checkeditout somewhere in his system. am using vs2005/2008 and sql 2005 and i had no problems lately , i think i had a lot of problems with sourcesafe that i can master it and its bugs. The SS pluggin in VS sometimes it gets buggy. just make a backup of your work as a zip file so that your work will not be lost. Vuyiswa Maseko, Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations.... They now need more and more expensive clerks even though they call them "Developers" or "Programmers." C#/VB.NET/ASP.NET/SQL7/2000/2005/2008 http://www.vuyiswamaseko.somee.com http://www.vuyiswamaseko.tiyaneProperties.co.za vuyiswa@its.co.za http://www.itsabacus.co.za/itsabacus/