Hi Steve,
Everyone including me flaming your leader but wait. Your problem is not a scope problem. It would work the way he told you w/o defining as public. Are you sure you pinpointed the problem. I was very much mistaken too thinking it as a scope problem.
Cetin

>Hi Trey,
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>You're absolutely, positively right! You win today's project/programming leader grand prize award!
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>And thanks for the discouraging words. ROFLOL!
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>IMHO the answer is -
>E)All of the above
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>Did I just say what I think I said? I hope he's not listening. My head will be on a silver platter.
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>All is not lost... At least I am learning how to program the same thing 20 different ways so I can charge higher fees based upon my knowledge of 20 different ways to program the same thing. LOL!
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>I need a vacation! ... Or is it, "I need a vocation?"