Not knowing the tru teknikle anser, but knowing a litel luga tel dOwd:
Sounz like U can hav fun with Perl strings and lots of case statemenz on a byte for byte basis.
Unles of corse U have imaj databazes, den use 'C' like Alfredo said.
Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors
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