thanks so much for the quick work, Adam and anyome else who may have contributed. Much appreciated!

issue 1 is resolved completely.

issue 2  (http://www.cutesoft.net/forums/13465/ShowPost.aspx) has some outstanding problems, and introduces some serious regression trouble:

i) aspect ratio always ends up 1:1 (a square).

ii) while dragging aspect ratio is not maintained

iii) (regression) side handle dragging behaviour must not be altered by this fix, or you have lost the facility to choose an arbitrary aspect ratio when the new flag is set.

Please attend to this as soon as you can. We are almost there.

Regards, Stuart