I have a current need for constants, and Mark's idea would be a partial solution. I can see however a requirement for a constant across all DRLs, whereas I think Mark's way would require you to initialise the constant in every file in which it is used. cheers Steve On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Mark Proctor <mproctor(a)codehaus.org&gt; wrote: -- Steven Williams Supervising Consultant Object Consulting Office: 8615 4500 Mob: 0439 898 668 Fax: 8615 4501 steven.williams(a)objectconsulting.com.au www.objectconsulting.com.au consulting | development | training | support our experience makes the difference