<add-on> RegularExpression, java.text.format, NumberFormat, DateFormat, MessageFormat, ( apologies if I am mixing with c#, however there are similar objects in java as well) will be helpful as well. </add-on> HTH, -- Volkan Ozcelik +>Yep! I'm blogging! : http://www.volkanozcelik.com/volkanozcelik/blog/ +> My projects/studies/trials/errors : http://www.sarmal.com/