Michael,
as aways, thanks very much!

Simon, get the upgrade to Studio. You won't regret the decision.
After you upgrade I'll bet that you discover all kinds of functionality improvements you will want to make to your installation in order to improve the your users experience.

Best Regards,
Steve

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Thanks Michael.

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Thanks Jim and thanks Martin.
I will give this a try and report back to this post.

Steve

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