Hi Casey, > Thank you for responding!!! I was loosing hope. I must > admit what you are suggesting is new to me, but I will look > it up and learn about. But just so that I am understanding - > this will execute the BuildPagingLinks sub after page_load > and after all other subs and functions are fired? > > Casey Yes. You might also be interested to see this description of the ASP.NET Page lifecycle. It'll give you an idea of what order things are done in: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconControlExecuti onLifecycle.asp Hope this helps Jason