I simply meant that I wished to either get a quikie one/two line fix to existing code -or- pointer to newer/better code..which I got...THANKS...and I HAD searched via Google for a hour or so...but NEVER found the NMS scripts...maybe I used the wrong query...did not use that exact phrasing...what I DID find was this forum! I also do not have ready access to library/bookstore here which I would have tried also before posting... FYI: I have been a COBOL programmer for 23+ yrs so programming is not totally foreign to me...also did Z-80 assembler years ago for "fun"...however, at this time, i needed a simple answer..so looked here, ok?