i compliled your code (mine was big and clunky) and sent it off the the guy who wrote the faq and got this reply:

Thanks Alex - works a treat. Go to http://go.to/ka7faq and be the first to download the printer friendly version!

Paul

ps. You get a mention in the Whats New page!

the A-BIT KA7 FAQ

i wrote him back and asked him to also thank swiftone & www.perlmonks.com ... so hopefully he'll get that up soon

thanks for the help ... i think that this is really cool