By the way, the Academic Edition is the same as the Professional Edition with the additional restriction that you can't redistribute things like MDAC or other "system components" that have their own installs. You can, however, provide a link on your web page to the MS download area where these things can be downloaded and installed for no cost. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ: <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/> Pilgrimage: Utah's annual demoparty <http://pilgrimage.scene.org>