Sorry, I apparently didn't know the rules of posting here. I just have a
problem that I need to get solved and am trying to get it solved in the most
timely manner possible. I really appreciate all the help, and will stick
with the same thread from now on. With that being said i still don't have a
solution to my problem.

"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote:

Instead of starting a new thread, you could have posted a followup
message to
yesterday's thread explaining why it didn't work for you.

sorry I have just posted here before and sometimes if your question
doesn't
get answered the first time i have found it is easiest to just repost it
in a
little different way.

But that is an unfair thing to do to the volunteers who answer question on
these newsgroups. Someone can very easily come along, reading posting from
the newest back (that's how I approach things), see your new question and,
not recognizing it from an earlier time (because you changed it slightly),
waste their time constructing (duplicating) an answer that your previous
thread already ruled out. If you keep the follow up questions in the
original thread, then, when the volunteer gets down to it, he/she can follow
the history that caused you to update the question... no one ends up wasting
time giving you an answer you already ruled out and perhaps the review of
the history from the varied responses will spark an idea for a solution that
might not have occurred to him/her had he/she simply read your new question
in your new post. Oh, and lest you think this will happen once the volunteer
gets back down to your original thread and that he/she will scroll back to
give you your answer... I wouldn't count on it... they will usually be so
annoyed that you wasted their time initially that they more than likely
won't be inclined to do that. Just something for you to consider for the
future.

Rick