Colin, is that the 'Solution App' that ships wuth VFP ?
If it is , I can have a look at myself first

Regards,

Gerard



>i took the sample code from the solution app and then modified it.
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>if you want i can send you one of the classes that i use. i dont know if it'll work on its own though as i (wrongly) modify them to work with each app rather than (correclty) having a general purpose class.
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>one day i'll get around to it!
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>regards
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>colin