Well, I am really glad I posted what I had, you really helped me get a firmer grasp of the typing in DECLARE's and whatnot.

>Actually, I'd tested it and did have the ampersand (@) in the test. Just
>forgot it here:-(.

I figured you did, I just wanted to clarify it for any lurkers. :)

>thank you for the constant names, too

Your welcome, I did a nice job coming up with descriptive names huh? <*g*> Actually, I was searching through the MSDN looking for the SystemParametersInfo function (I knew it was out there, but didn't know its name) and I stumbled on an article describing a VB class for the Keyboard (Keyboard Class: From Windows API Chaos to VBA Class Module Calm by Ken Getz) Then I just skimmed it looking for the info.

Cool! a truly collaborative effort, we all got something out of it. I guess that's what the UT is all about.

Bill