Folks, We at the University of Illinois at Springfield, formerly Sangamon State University, were able to use our SPL and Image applications for the past 20 some years because the state coordinating board for higher education, at whose command our cost analysis system was built and for whose benefit it was maintained, saw fit to keep its updates and modifications at a low and very reasonable level. If the board had been more proactive, the SPL source would have fallen by the wayside long since in preference to Transact, COBOL and BRW. BTW, we have only been University of Illinois at Springfield since July 1, 1995. The change over is the what the Republican Contract With/On Illinois brands as "government efficiency". Thomas Knoedler University of Illinois at Springfield Computer Services Springfield, Illinois 62794-9243 [log in to unmask]