thanks. I'm learning to write scripts from watching other scrips and observing what's the command and what commands do what. I'm getting there. but thanks for any help you can give me along the way From: RicksPlace Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:21 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: can someone tell me how to use a php script in a html file? Hi Doc: VWD does not support PHP out of the box. You use Visual Basic or CSharp to code the server-side modules rather than PHP. If you want to work in an IDE then VWD will give you allot of power but it has a steep learning curve when you get beyond dropping a few hyperlinks on a page. You can use Sql Server Express with VWD and they are complementary. You can use MySql or other databases but I have not used them. I am not familiar with using Audio / Video in the ASP environment. You can use non-asp pages in a project along with asp pages which are native to VWD and I would imagine you could include audio / video presentations in the non-asp pages. You can not use php in VWD unless you download some software to use it. For what you want to do I am not sure I would recommend VWD since there are not many, if any, folks on list who have done anything with Audio /Video in a VWD Project so you would be the cutting edge and find little support unless you could include your current setup in a regular html page within the project. Rick USA