Thanks for the explanation of your memory leak monitor, zentara.   I will definitely investigate it more.

I did get such a kick out of the "beautiful program and no memory leaks either".  Though I know you probably didn't mean it humorously, it brought images to my mind of spectators in the Louvre admiring a painting, and saying "such masterful artwork, and he didn't color outside of any of the lines!"  :)

Seriously, though, thanks for all of your generous comments and suggestions.  As Limbic~Region aptly notes, they mean a lot coming from an esteemed monk such as yourself.