Jason,
You are right...The task is rather common, and we all have at some point coded or worked with similar code.
Your procedure is the product of a great deal of experience and understanding of the problem at hand.
The result is a well thought out, beautifully simple, and therefore, easy to modify and maintain. Congratulations on a job well done.
I wil adopt it and of course, quote you as the author. If I alter it in any way, I will add my name to the list of people modifying the code, as has been done since the begining of time and as it should be.
Thank you and regards,
Jean-Pierre
P.S. I thank everyone else collaborating on the thread for their input, which is what I
was looking for, given the fact that there are new issues to consider since the last time I
looked at the problem.
Message was edited by: Jean-Pierre Dareys