I just read your comment about using NET and Perl. Pretty intersting idea - Especially under win32. Recently I wrote a perl/Tk application > 2000 lines - actually it was my choice to use perl for the app and (i love perl quite a lot...) it was a hassle :(. The widget in win32 are pretty buggy and I never figured out, why some things never worked out (spreadsheet widget and events :() - Can PERL.NET be an alternative in win32 enviroment? Well you have to rely on activestate support? What do you had to buy?

Hartwig