Thank you all so much. I'll look at both
approaches and tailor them to my needs.
Thanks again, great help I've got here.

JW



>I would like to create a switch on a form
>that, when clicked, will perform the same
>task as the following DOS command:
>
> xcopy this-dir backup\this-dir /e /s
>
>Can someone shed a light? THank you.
>
>JW