Thanks for the help Mark (again). I have downloaded and looked at this and it helps me a bit more. I was trying to use the default foundation classes/types which come with VFP proper - without a third party. However, I like what you have done.

Ric

>My ODBC_DSN class uses Rick Strahl's Registry class which I bundled in that ZIP file about a year ago. If you do not have this file, you can download this class again:
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>http://www.mctweedle.com/downloads/odbc_dsn.zip