Sorry, let me clarify. The reason I use switch is because I can't get else statements to work inside your regular if then statements. if (some condition happens) { Do this } else { do this other thing } //end if I can't get the else, portion of my code to compile. That's why I use switch. So, if I needed to put an if, then, statement inside of switch, is that good programming practice? Thanks Jes __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind