Eric Harmon is Director of Software Development at Advanced Estimating Systems, Inc.߬ocated in Delray Beach, Florida. Advanced Estimating Systems is the developer of The EDGE, the industry standard in construction estimating software. Eric is also a member of TPX (TurboPower eXperts), a volunteer group of programmers that assists the TurboPower Software Company in providing support for its newsgroups. Turbopower is one of the premier providers of tools coded in Delphi for Delphi programmers. Eric was recruited by TurboPower as the original member of TPX in 1997. Eric has been programming professionally in Turbo Pascal, Delphi, and Microsoft Visual C++ since 1983. He has also contributed Delphi and COM-related articles to Visual Developer Magazine. Eric can be reached at Eric.Harmon@tpx.turbopower.com.