Thanks - I'm still a python neophyte (been a C programmer for 20+ years though).  I assume(d) that something like this was bound to have already been written, so I didn't want to reinvent the wheel if it was already available.  Can you even do tree-view gadgets using the PzrXML library?  And, where can I find info (docs, etc) on that library?

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