Rob,

Glad you got it running.

However, if your program is ever going to be multiuser, you will want to keep my suggestions in mind...the only way to test the ability to open a file exclusively is to actually attempt it and catch any error.

>Thanks Steve; but I'm embarrased to admit it was a much simpler issue. I had left the full path attached to the alias - duh. Daniel helped me remember the rule on that one.
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>Bob