G'day there Norman,

See MSKB article # 134913:

XL: GetCustomListNum Returns Unexpected List Number

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=134913

Thanks very much for your advice. I went to the site and checked
what it had to say. As it turned out, altering the index number was
something I'd already tried but had no success. I rechecked everything
I was doing and tried for about an hour and a half to apply the
information that M'soft stated.

After many, many swear words and multiple rechecking of the code,
it suddenly struck me that the method may not have been the problem, but
the data. I don't know what made me think of it, but on checking I found
that my custom sort had turned to crap because the data I was using
hadn't been validated. It was just a bunch of entries I'd typed in to
give myself some sample data.

Hence I was trying to sort data that wasn't recognised by my
custom list!! DOH!!!

Now that I've embarassed myself, and wasted hours & hours over
several days, I'll move on =).

Thanks once again for your assistance. Your suggestion was spot
on, as that WAS one of the issues. I needed to get that correct before I
was prompted to move on to check my data.

See ya
Ken McLennan
Qld, Australia