Paul, 
Sorry for any misunderstanding caused.  I hadn't meant to imply in anyway 
that your code didn't work - it did work perfectly.

Glad you're happy now anyway.  I'd be happy if I could just figure out why 
*my* code doesn't do the same thing as a compiled EXE that it does it the 
IDE!  Somebody put me out of misery please.
cheers,
andy