I would recommend trying to learn enough about C++ to use the code that you already have. Because when it comes to animation and multimedia, VB has a long ways to go when compared to C++. VB handles it fairly well, but it is pretty slow when you start doing anything with a lot of animation or graphics. C++ would be much faster. The reason for this is because of the engine in VB. It just doesn't run that kind of thing very fast.

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Ryan