note #include Part of the reason why I like to grab settings "on the fly" is because you can then change those settings at runtime. By grabbing the setting only when I need it, I can tweak the configuration file while the script is running. For settings that <u><i>can't</i></u> be changed while running, I load them in at the beginning of the script and store them in scalars.<br><br> <i>A genius writes code an idiot can understand, while an idiot writes code the compiler can't understand.</i> 2661 262156