Unfortunately, I am trying to do exactly the same as what you have been doing but I lose my session object. There is nothing happening at the status bar. But I was just going through what Stephen had suggested. It works great !!!

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Either of these do the job without losing the session object. Many many thanks to Stephen and you and other members as well for being so patient and helpful.