I'm looking forward to the January meeting. I suppose that I agree with Andrei on the date. Dick Richard Grier (Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic) Hard & Software 12962 West Louisiana Avenue Lakewood, CO 80228 303-986-2179 (voice) 303-593-9315 (fax) Homepage: www.hardandsoftware.net<http://www.hardandsoftware.net/> Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th Edition ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages) published July 2004. For faster service, contact the publisher at http://www.mabry.com/vbpgser4<http://www.mabry.com/vbpgser4>.