why is the System namespace in both System.dll and mscorlib.dll? and when i use object browser to look in the mscorlib.dll it has System.Environment but no SpecialFolder enum listed. so why does the code that you gave me work if it won't show up in object browser or intellisense? are there other classes, namespaces, etc. that are not listed? thanks, Rob -- There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

This may sound like self-advertising, but I published something similar that may (or may not) fit our friend's needs: http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/CFGLitepack.asp So, now.. if he wants to use XML, he has Nick's class; else, he can use mine :-) Ain't CP great? F.O.R.

thank you for the help but i'm using a listView not a listBox. the listView doesn't have an event for selectedvaluechanged. thanks, Rob -- There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

This seems to work - i'm sure it can be optimised though: //Your string string s = "0 @IQLNP-M7@ INDI" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 NAME Benoni /THOMPSON/" + Environment.NewLine; s += "2 GIVN Benoni" + Environment.NewLine; s += "2 SURN THOMPSON" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 AFN QLNP-M7" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 SEX M" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 SOUR @S01@" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 BIRT" + Environment.NewLine; s += "2 DATE 14 Apr 1782" + Environment.NewLine; s += "2 PLAC Alstead, N.h." + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 DEAT" + Environment.NewLine; s += "2 DATE 24 Oct 1857" + Environment.NewLine; s += "2 PLAC Shalersville, N.h." + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 FAMS @F6073064@" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 FAMC @F6073065@" + Environment.NewLine; s += "0 @IQLNP-KV@ INDI" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 NAME Job /THOMPSON/" + Environment.NewLine; s += "2 GIVN Job" + Environment.NewLine; s += "2 SURN THOMPSON" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 AFN QLNP-KV" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 SEX M" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 SOUR @S01@" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 FAMS @F6073065@" + Environment.NewLine; s += "0 @IQLNP-L2@ INDI" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 NAME Lovice /CRANE/" + Environment.NewLine; s += "2 GIVN Lovice" + Environment.NewLine; s += "2 SURN CRANE" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 AFN QLNP-L2" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 SEX F" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 SOUR @S01@" + Environment.NewLine; s += "1 FAMS @F6073065@" + Environment.NewLine; //We are going to make our way through the string looking for Environment.NewLine + "0 " //this is our current index. int index = 0; //To hold indexes of found strings System.Collections.ArrayList indexList = new System.Collections.ArrayList(); //Start with zero indexList.Add(0); //Loop until none found while (index != -1) { //Look for index index = s.IndexOf(Environment.NewLine + "0 ", index + 1, s.Length - (index + 1)); //Add if found if(index != -1) { indexList.Add(index); } } //string array to, hold split strings string[] splitStrings = new string[indexList.Count]; //Loop over our indexes for(int i = 0 ; i < indexList.Count ; i++) { //if ots the last one - get string to end if(i == indexList.Count - 1) { splitStrings[i] = s.Substring(Convert.ToInt32(indexList[i]), s.Length -

even if you do a SetStyle method in the constructor. It works for most controls so since a label is a derivative of the control class you would thinks so. SetStyle must be done in the constructor only by the way I'm not an expert yet, but I play one at work. Yeah and here too.

You're welcome. Sorry for the delay, I've been on vacation, RVing the Oregon Coast. It was really great. I'm not sure there is any generic "best" way, it depends on what you want to do with it. Keeping it in memory may help performance slightly, but the OS does enough caching that it's likely to have only a minimal effect in most cases, so I'd concentrate on what's most convienent from your application's standpoint to start. In many cases, I think about making a pass through a file, building an in-memory data structure from it's contents because I want to access it randomly (say by a persons's name) rather than sequentially. Good luck Burt Harris