note allolex <p> Maybe wiser heads than mine have posted here, but if you're dying to use flags, you could use constants. So here's an answer to your third question. </p> <code> use constant PRINTFLAG => 0; use constant SAVEFLAG => 1; use constant MAILFLAG => 2; </code> <p>And then keep track of it with a status/state variable. That at least makes the code easier to read: <code>$state = PRINTFLAG;</code>, instead of just a number. Of course, it's really only approporiate where multiple states come into question.</p> <p> --<br> Allolex </p> 239992 239992