WOW. Thanks you two, (Dwayne and Melanie). You two are wonderful and brilliant at the same time. This code works for the better part of the program, but I just need to not do any time-consuming things outside this subroutine so that I can avoid the flickering. Other than that this code is awesome. Thanks again Melanie and Dwayne for your contribution. ..

*my next task is to control a stepper motor ... that will be funn and interesting project.... any suggestions on what stepper motor driver that are available out there.

srigopal