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   "Steve"  wrote in message   
   news:41665cf4$0$23893$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...   
   | in case anyone else is reading this i will put my reply's below   
   |   
      
   I am, anyway.   
      
   | > Very interesting, I like it   
   | > Rather than going the whole hog with XML may I suggest the   
   following:-   
   | >   
   | > [ABCD]   
   | > OWNER=   
   | > WEBSITE=   
   | > UEA=   
   | > CN=   
   | >   
   | > As you will see this is standard INI file format, which is pretty   
   | > handy as it means that one can use all the utilities that currently   
   | > exist for handling them   
   |   
   | also makes for smaller updates to the database of information. I was   
   | tinkering with an access file. By the time i finish entering the data   
   it   
   | could be a little big for some.   
   |   
   | i had another look at a list of prefixes that i have. I think i may   
   have   
   | been dreaming when i said about 500. I didnt could but i reckon its a   
   heck   
   | of a lot more than that.   
   |   
      
   The only drawback of the INI approach is that like XML, it repeats the   
   field names for every record. I would be tempted to go for a "comma   
   separated values" style text file. With the Split and Join functions,   
   the text lines are easy to create and break up. It has the added benefit   
   of being easy to open in Excel, and easy to import into Access should   
   you decide to in the future.   
      
   |   
   | > For example, although you currently just want to read the data, it   
   | > would be nice to be able to edit and update the records from within   
   | > the App.   
   |   
   | interesting idea. Whilst i want the main data to be protected i can   
   see   
   | benefit from users being able to add comments or change location   
   specific   
   | information. Might have to give this some more thought.   
   |   
      
   You could make the "edit data" app a separate one, so users can only use   
   your list, but you can edit the list.   
      
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