Hey all - Well, thanks for the many multi-opinioned responses; I never expected this quantity of responses. :)
My temporary solution was what many of you offered - a stand-in function (iif for example), and I figure I'll stick with it. Thanks for all the ideas folks. Kendall [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
