That's what I tried the first time and found sluggish. The timer allows them to type a few chars really fast w/o issuing a search with each keypress. Could have the keypress routine check to see if a certain amount of time had elapsed I spose, that's what the microsoft ftp site sol'n had, but it's more complicated than my routine - and I'm happy with the way mine works now (i'll post it if you like)