Ishmael74 at aol.com wrote: > <body onLoad="myFunction()"> > > knowing that these are automatic methods that can't be manipulated... i tried > to use a counter that didnt work... it does nothing in the code now.. hi there, The function that you're calling above - myFunction() - doesn't exist. In the code given you've only got a function flashStat() This tutorial that may help you: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/98/29/index2a.html?tw=programming hth karen ------- Miinx Design & Development e :: karen at miinx.com.au p :: 0413.880.302 w :: www.miinx.com.au