Hi Patric,

>Thanks for the response. I will try to utilize the suggesstion first thing in the morning.

Please let me know how it all turns out. The reason that suggested the SetErrorMode function was that it reminded me of "the ugliest white dialog in the world" which you got if you tried to access a floppy without a disk in it in Win 3.1 when the device isn't ready. Using this function was a workaround. As I said, I don't know if it applies here.

>I sincerely appreciate the help from everyone. I am absolutely thrilled about getting into the API... Seems like the sky's the limit! (Well, actually the learning curve is the limit at this point!)

It's not that bad once you get used to the various conventions. The hardest part, sometimes, is finding the right function. As Vlad Tatavu once pointed out, there are about 2,000 in Win 95/98 and about 2,500 in NT.

>Thanks again, I'll have to drop off some homemade salsa next time I'm up your way!

I love Tex/Mex.:-)