>This request has been asked and answered. I would be very surprised to see him back here.
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>Well, surprise!
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>I guess one thing is for sure, and that's nothing is for sure.
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>In grade school, there was this girl who always seemed to enjoy quoting the teacher and "speaking for" the teacher, anytime the teacher issued a command.

Never mind. I found it.
loStream = CREATEOBJECT("SAPI.SPFileStream) was the missing link.