>>Works for me too.  Thanks.
>>
>>I wonder where it says that in the Applescript Language Guide.
>>
>Hi Bill,
>
>It says right there on page 187 (the newest version)
><quote>
>record
>The concatenation of two records joins the properties of the 
>left-hand record to the properties of the right-hand record. If both 
>records contain properties with the same name, the value of the 
>property from the left-hand record appears in the result. For 
>example, the result of the expression
>
>{ name:"Matt", mileage:"8000" } & { name:"Steve", framesize:58 }
>
>is
>
>{ name:"Matt", mileage:"8000", frameSize:58 }
></quote>

Yep, I found that. It just doesn't say how to fix it. Fortunately, 
there's always someone on this list who does.
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Bill Steele
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