>I was going to show him the hard way - I didn't think of looking in the download section. I just blew the dust of my VFP3 CD to get Win32API.HLP file and cut and paste the three required sections to a doc file. Oh well, can't win them all (there's ALWAYS an easier way).
>
>Merry Christmas,

Sorry you wasted your time. One of the most valuable lessons I hae ever learned in programming is- "see if it has already been done". Even if what has been done does not fit my needs directly, I can often adapt it to what I want to do.

Merry Christmas to you, too.