>more to the point, we need a front end module maker for bibles, commentaries >and lexicons for windows
While your statement is correct, the context is wrong. Fred is able to use commandline tools, but he is either having problems with his input files or with his calling syntax. The real problem is that the error messages are not helpful. And if the input file is corrupt, the tool is not fault-tolerant enough to catch the error (or output a helpful message). So if you just take the commandline tool core and wrap a UI around it, many problems will still remain. Greetings, Christian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.web42.com/crenz/ - http://www.web42.com/ "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains; it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world." -- C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain