Dave (macrackit), thanks for the code; a working piece of code should be an excellent starting point while learning.

Dave (Houston), I remember you had referred to B4A in an earlier thread as well, and had meant to try it out back then, but somehow got relegated to the background. I see from the forums and the projects sub-section that people have done some pretty fancy things with B4A. What I need seems pretty trivial in comparison, so I'm pretty sure its doable.

I'll report back with the progress as I go.

Thanks, guys.

Anand