Adam,
        greetings and salutations - also apologies for the late reply. Yes 
you are quite right the LValue error was more or less obvious (a subtle type 
mismatch). It's fixed now but the code still doesn't do what it's supposed to 
do (time live on a dlg box). I'll get rid of the bloody transfer struct may 
it's anticedents be declassified. 
                        cheers Steve.
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