You can install this module with the usual CPAN commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install I apologize for placing these Classes in a 'private' namespace under my initials (DMA). The problem with open sourcing them is they have been in use by me for any where from five to ten years in this form and thus appear in virtually everything I have written for self or hire. I have considered several possible renamings, none of which is wholly satisfactory and off of which require both a 'fork', leaving me to support two version of the same package in different name spaces, and additionally will require more time to change even in local code than I have available. So, it has come down to either releasing these as-is or indefinitely blocking the open source release of most of my code. I have to chosen to release and be damned. If any of these internal functions of mine are useful to you, please let me know, as that might make it worth while integrating those into Perl namespace in a more approved fashion. Dale M. Amon (DMA)