Hey Eric, I thankss alot. It works perfectly.....Thanks for the hessle all the way. It is rather fun to try out !! tc and hav a nice day see ya around =) best regards amygal

To be honest I don't have a clue on how to use infrared neither on smart devices nor on desktops :((. It might be that the CF probably has a better handling on this issue than the normal .Net framework but this is only a guess.