Hi. yes, it can be done, you have to select the provider, of the database, which is ms access. and actually the database, i think i got were access 2003, databases, for my book cd, i am pretty sure it is, not the new access 2007 format. so, yes, it will work with that format as well, but have not played around with that. and in access itself, yes, you can create an application, using the microsoft application developer package, called mse, from memory. and you can write visual basic for applications code, then port your information to a web server as well, i have seen this being done on some sites, several years ago. cheers Marvin. __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind