>>>>>>>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 knew or how it applied to my situation? :-)

I didn't know that expression.