i am sure I have seen this somewhere but I can't find the command to use. I want to run a string as a python command, but how do I do it? thanks in advance sparkes -- web development software training writing _ _ _ ____ ____ ___ _ _ _ ___ ____ ___ _ ___ | | | |___ [__ | |\/| | | \ [__ |__] | / |_|_| |___ ___] | | | | |__/ ___] .|__] | /__ http://www.westmids.biz