Thanks Bonnie,

I finally got it working, it seems that the VS IDE has a few quirks yet. After closing the project and reopening, it is now workimg. I DO appreciate your help.

Glenn

>Hmmm ... your code looks fine to me, but I'm no VB.NET expert. I plugged the C# equivalent into the C#-to-VB converters and got two different results for the Set, but I have no clue if it matters, VB-wise, or not:
>

>'Kamal's converter had this for the Set
>Set (ByVal Value As String)
>  mcText = Value
>End Set
>

>

>'AspAlliance's converter had this
>Set
>  mcText = value
>End Set
>

>
>~~Bonnie