http://openlight.com/fdui/ <quote> Flightdeck-UI is a project that seeks to utilize the ideas in aircraft controls and instruments design for creating general purpose user interfaces. The project has been initiated by Open Light Software Inc. It uses the Python programming language, and also requires Tkinter (see Downloads below for details). The current release provides a set of modules for creating flightdeck-style user interface elements, along with a demonstration program. The demonstration program allows you to monitor a variety of parameters on your system. By default, it is configured to sample the output of the free command, and display the percentage of used memory. The program uses the Python commands module, and thus follows that module's platform limitations (i.e. Unix only). The library modules, however, should work on any platform that supports Python and Tkinter. </quote> Flightdeck-UI - a Cockpit on your Desktop George Belotsky http://openlight.com/fdui/fdui-whitepaper-html/book1.html ./Jason