Hi, For reasons only Microsoft can explain, I found that I had a DLL under bin/debug and under obj/debug. I've always put files with .obj, .o, and other pre-linked files in the OBJ directory and under BIN, I would put post-linked files like .exe, .dll etc. When did this convention change? Feeling really old... cdh __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind