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<< The array of Dialog structures appears to be able to be a dynamic structure, (based on pointers, creating a heirarchy), but we are only able to achieve static behavior. Has anyone discovered a method for dynamically changing the array of Dialog structures to modify the user dialog during execution of do_dialog? Any tips on how to create a dynamic display that changes field titles and data, based upon user selection, would be appreciated. >> Most of the effort by developers have been in the dynamic interaction of the viewport displaying geometry with the user and not in a dynamic dialog. I'm sorry to say that I can't provide any real tips/hints on this. You are correct in that pg 68 and 69 define the Dialog structure and that there is nothing documented there to lead you to believe that a dynamic dialog is not possible. However, I'd like to know if you were able to achieve *any* results in a dynamic dialog after modifying the dialog structure at run time. Have you received copy of Metaware yet? When you get MDB up and running, I think that you should step through your code and watch the interaction of init_dialog() and ready_dialog(), pgs 95 and 96 of the IPAS3 Ref Man, to your code and compare that to your expected behaviour. When you get something that works, you may wish to share it with us by posting it in the software dev kit section of the lib. Good luck.. your project sounds interesting.