Tom Poe RenoTahoe.pm tompoe@source.net Reno, NV Thanks, as I appreciate the input. Many years ago, when disk space was a primary consideration for everyone, there was a product, a 4GL DBMS, called AREV, or Advanced Revelations. One of the features of this DBMS, was its ability to be set up as the only application on the computer. When the computer was started, and the application was initiated, all keystrokes would be captured at the keystroke level. As a result, you could create a db for a purpose, design the screens for data input, and create reports. More impressive, though, each "session" could be played back, keystroke-by-keystroke, visually. It was as if each keystroke included a "print screen" process, and each "session" could be retrieved by displaying the screens, one after the other. Logging each keystroke, as Corion pointed out, should be exactly what is described above, except I wonder if there is some additional "loop" for having the keystrokes displayed, not as some comma-delimited text file, but rather as an executable application. Does that make sense? At any rate, AT&T Research is doing some interesting stuff in this area: http://www.uk.research.att.com/spirit/ Thanks, again,fellas, for your input. I now know this is "uncharted" territory, and that in itself is important to realize. Your humble, pathetic perlmonk follower. Tom