You are welcome. Probably a lot of people don't want to help because:
a) The way you are being forced to work on this project is all wrong. If your "BOSS" is such a good developer himself, he should be able to come up with a better test to see if you are good than to "reinvent the wheel". A lot of us don't know how to do what you did, because we have never had to. But, from what I saw, you figured most of it out yourself. Gain confidence from that.
b) The deluge of multiple posts trying to get this resolved. Try to stick to one post. If no one responds and you feel the post is going to slip away, reply back to it yourself stating the new things you have been trying that still don't work (you are still trying, aren't you?).
Also realize that some people only check in here once a day, week, etc. There are geniouses here that can make something from nothing. But sometimes they are busy doing their own job.
I am glad you got it to work. Now, have a good, worry free weekend. Terry M. Hoey