Jop:

Cheers!!! You're a star - for the application I opted for the code in http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/lista...ntalextent.htm which works really well, so I'm dead chuffed. I'm going to check out the rest of the stuff now - it looks complicated.

Marty:

Thanks for the link - also, if I think of any decent jokes then I'll send them through to you