I ran it as you suggested and have attached both of the TEMP files in the zip file. The _bg file is when I used <ml.bg> and the _pic file is when the actual filename of the picture was used. Everything looks pretty much the same to me. I have it set-up so that a picture (1 of 146) is randomly selected, so the picture filenames are different between the two runs, but that should not have affected anything. Any advice for this java novice is welcomed!