Hi Dave,

Thanks for the update on the subject

I assume You have spend a lot of time on it and the RegExpr-approach seems to be a (overkilling) workaround.

It only confirm my opinion about the RefEdit-control and the fact we should avoid it as much as possible. The funny thing is that there does not exist any third part control (freeware or commercial one) which indicate some kind of issues with it.

Unless You don't want to add an unless lines of error-handling Jake's suggestion is always an option.

No, since there exist no simpe solution with teh REfEdit You have indeed made a nice work