Hey Rick,

Thanks for the warning about WaitHandles ... I'll be sure to stock up on Tylenol before I try messing with them. <g>

Rodd

>>Thank you all for your input! The little bits of advice have added up to give me a workable solution. I'm still intreagued about the WaitForMutltipleObjects() API function but that will have to be for some other time.
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>WaitForMultipleObjects() is meant for things like waiting for threads to complete. For example, say you start processing a couple of threads and you need to aventually wait for all the work to be done - you can do that with a single WaitForMultipleObjects which receives an array of wait handles...
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>WaitHandles have always been kind of funky and they give me a headache when I have to code them - I always think that handles have it backwards with being signaled and waiting <g>...
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>Very useful stuff though especially when you're working with multiple threads...
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>>I sure appreciate you all taking the time to add your comments.