ah please do disregard my last. works on me windows machine no worries. I'll give it a go on this one and see how things pan out. -- Shaun Oliver gORT: "I plan to have an intergalactic war to end all intergalactic wars! it'll be planet against planet, world against world, star against star! NO ONE WILL SURVIVE!" Cremon: "But what if it rains?" Gort: "Then it'll be held indoors. It's too late to cancel now anyway, tickets were sold out weeks ago." Cremon of the star corps.