Absolutely agree about the freedom -- it is a most diffuclt balance indeed to maintain. Because of impending competition from a lower priced product, one has to try and minimize the learning curve, though, which is why I'm sorta leaning towards making it easier on P6. P7 is totally up for grabs, though :D Not all zips are properly formatted (I am terribly guilty in a popular product I put together of this one :() This is particularly true of freebies, which don't have to be. Also, different brokerages have slightly different rules for ancillary files, and then there is the nightmare of the INJ/REM stuff and so forth. Now, all that said, P-installer works awesomely, and only hangs up if folks really put things together screwy. lol So it's very possible, and will likely make the cut as a second tier suggestion :) yeah, the db really is kinda big for 6, which is a "clean-up" release before this new team decides wha they want to do with the program for P7. Since any major change is gonna take a while to do, P6 is going to need to be a very stable, rock solid, highly usable release with as little potential for new disasters as possible. That's what they are shooting for, at least, lol. So the db, which I think really is the best way to go too, considering the overall path of computers in general, would likely need to wait until P7, so they can develop a strong reliable pasring system to deal with any of the new stuff they come out with for 7 (which will most certainly have several new features, lol). parsing the file for a comment header... yeah, maybe. Can't hurt -- let's add it in too... adding in a suggestion delivered via another one so everyone can see it that pertains to some other questions -- just so it's recorded: Dockable dials and a spot/spray rendering option.

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)