Mabry SoundX/X is an ActiveX control that provides Soundex, Extended Soundex, and Metaphone algorithms which convert words or names to codes that represent how the words "sound". This can be really useful in a database application where users need to find names they may not know how to spell exactly. Soundex is a letter plus 3 digits, Ext Soundex is purely numeric and can result in faster database scans, and Metaphone is 4 letters, which can result in a better match rate, but also takes up more computer storage space. To generate the code, simply set the Word property with the word or name for which you want a coded entry. When you do this, SoundX generates the codes for all three of the algorithms. All you have to do is read the appropriate property: Soundex, ExtSoundex, or Metaphone.