Shawn,
Glad to see you jump on this one, Thanx!!! OK, that solves problem 1... I owe you a Duh for that one...What was I thinking???

For problem 2 & 3 build a quick array lets say:
$ElementArray = "machine1, machine2, machine3"

How do I make the HTML work? Get the list into ie and get the selection back???

I R one lost pup