If you change out to ref, the signature of the method changes. That means that you are trying to implement an overload of the method that does not exist. --- single minded; short sighted; long gone;

ClientID is the id that the client sees. If you look at the source of your page from the browser (after it has been processed) your id's get changed to things like ctl00_YourID. There is a property for the controls called ClientID that you can assign the id so that you can access it with javascript on the client (this only matters for controls with runat="server").

You're welcome,learn it early;) WhiteSky

ooh :) It's just an object with 5 properties so it won't be necesarry to cache it :) Thanks for the usefull advice & links :) I appreciate it :) Stef

THANK YOU!! =D You make my day (acually week but who cares) Stef

For some reason Oracle have decided that Linux is their platform of choice, so they seem to focus on Linux first when releasing new versions. The Windows releases are just a bit behind. I'm not aware of any Oracle releases that are only for Linsux. Johan Lombaard Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former - Albert Einstein