Jamie, to answer second part of your question, have you tried to change the .nts file extension to .txt?
as for first part, maybe if you had provided your email address I could have sent you my "variable file". cheers ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk == Replies will be sent to list. For more information see http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph/morphmet.html.
