Here here! I have spent a lot of time moving away from MFC C++ (CString etc...) to Standard C++. This way I can write code once, and have it work on Linux, Mac, BeOs - whatever! Moreover Standard C++ is far more powerful, and I would argue, more efficient, than MFC. MFC and the like have their uses - the creation of a platform specific user interfaces. (An 'interface class' that made cross platform GUIs a possibilty would be a great thing wouldn't it....) -- Leon http://www.lost.co.nz

Good grief! Can no-one around here give this guy any good advice? I spent some time finding a solution to the same problem, and eventually got a web scripting language to spawn an external program. It worked beautifully! I used the program from : http://www.xnview.fr.st/ Good luck! -- Leon http://www.lost.co.nz

Sounds perfectv A most important & noble task - I'm only suprised that this thread has not been innundated with similar messages of support. Prehaps they all took off to your site, as I know plan to do... Keep up the good work!