Hey now: I use Annotations in my EJB projects but I've come across this reference in a plain old project "@SuppressWarnings("unused". What does this really mean aside from the obvious. Snippet to follow. MessageBox dialog = new MessageBox(shell, SWT.ICON_WARNING | SWT.OK); dialog.setText(shell.getText()); @SuppressWarnings("unused") boolean resetFocus = false; dialog.setMessage(fiResourceBundle .getResourceString("partD.checkInputPartD")); dialog.open(); Many thanks. Jim James M. Corbett Programmer / Analyst | Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenue du Canada 875 Heron Rd. Ottawa, On. K1A0L5 James.Corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Telephone | Téléphone: (613) 941-1338 Facsimile | Télécopieur: (613) 941-2261 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada