>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Cozens <simon@brecon.co.uk> writes: Simon> Add "my $VERSION = 2.02;" somewhere. Line 17ish looks good. No. $VERSION must be a package variable, not a lexical. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!