Just a thought, but remember that Office creates a temp file when you open an existing one, then deletes the real one and resaves the temp file with the correct name. So you're getting some extra file I/O here. It also means that you cant set permissions on a per-file basis, since you always end up "creating" a new file. -- Edward Schernau http://www.schernau.com Network Architect mailto:ed@schernau.com Rational Computing Providence, RI, USA