>>>>>>Didn't make a blind bit of difference to my problem anyway. I've just realized I was barking up the wrong tree. :-(
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Tant pis!
>>>>>
>>>>>A?
>>>>
>>>>"Tant pis" is french for "ah well ... never mind" :-)
>>>
>>>No, I asked about "I was barking up the wrong tree". Why?
>>
>>An old English simile
>>
>>Means I was pursuing the wrong prey/goal/objective
>>
>>Like when hounds bring their quarry to bay, say, a racoon, it may run up a tree. The hounds surround the wrong tree by mistake and spend a lot of energy barking and jumping, while the quarry gets away.
>>
>>ie This code is not where my problem lies.
>
>:o)

Was it the expression you didn't know or how it applied to my situation? :-)