Thanks very much! That’s the type of hint / suggestion / idea I was looking for.
Btw, shouldn’t it be …COPY == COPIES… rather than …COPY = COPIES…? You know, comparison rather than assignment.
I guess I had a mental block against realizing that the COPY and COPIES ‘sequence numbers’ (for lack of a better term) are actual values that can be used in a logical test.
thanks again, jonR