You were quite right. That was the real problem and of course resolved in a similar way to what was suggested. I was curious about the possiblity of solving the problem if I had been provided a file with no ';'. It appears that the question in itself is unsound.

Regards

mndoci

"What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done?"-Sherlock Holmes in 'A study in scarlet'