microsoft masochist ------------------- Of course you're right. Nothing like Windows for programmers into heavy masochism (oh, yes, Master Gates, I have failed to adapt to your latest secret API. Punish me. Give me the Global Protection Fault. Give my hard disk freely to others via one of the many holes you pierced in my ActiveX. Boot and reboot me, again and again. Make me say "industry standard", then whack me with unexpected changes just when I'm feeling safe. Come up with faster ways to use my inputs and outputs (cd http://www.i2osig.org), but let never again let me know freely about how to work with them).