>There are other ways to do this with handles, but I have found that 
>Containers are simple to use, understand and free us of many of the 
>hassles that come with handles. Their major disadvantage is that they 
>must be global.
>
Ken,

Please forgive my jumping in late on this thread (I've been away), but 
I'd like to clear up a bit of confusion here. A container IS a handle, 
pure and simple. The only difference between a container and any other 
handle is that when you DIM a container, FB provides all the 
handle-manipulation routines so you don't have to roll your own. 
Otherwise (AFAIK) there is NO DIFFERENCE between a container and any 
other handle.

Comprehending this opens up all kinds of possibilities for understanding 
containers and working with all sorts of handles, so I thought I'd toss 
it in.

Also, my SwiftSearch can easily be modified to search 16,000 short 
handles (containers) nearly as fast as it can search 1 huge one, and it 
supports both sensitive and insensitive super-fast searches. Let me know 
if you want it. I'm busy configuring my new 733 G4, 8) so won't get to it 
for a while, but will move it toward the top of my list if it's needed.

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