Thanks for your help although i cannot get the +/- like explore thing to work???
ive looked at the syntax for the add method and this is what i got:
Function Add(ByVal hRelativeItem As Variant, ByVal Relation As RelationConstants, ByVal Key As String, ByVal Text As String, Optional ByVal Image As Long=-1, Optional ByVal SelectedImage As Long=-1, Optional ByVal IntegralHeight As Long=1, Optional ByVal Bold As Boolean=False) As Long
i dont see an entry for style????
any ideas?