it appears i missed an extra module required for the mac side.... Storable.pm available from Chris Nandors site is also required... i already had this installed on my machine, and so it slipped my mind to include it...sorry. i just tested the whole system on a "clean" mac and it works fine. adam ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org