Morning Jim, If one wants a C/RR combination environment, it's available now: build compiled extensions to Transcript in C. Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company http://www.oenolog.net/who.htm "And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee." from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)