OK, I think I have figured it out. I (luckily) found the "Database Adapter for Interbase 6 / Firebird 1" Product by mwoj (Whoever you are mwoj, bless you): http://www.zope.org/Members/mwoj/kinterbasdbDA it came with the mxDateTime in binary form and the folder structure of the zip placed the binaries in the Zope\bin\lib\mx folder. So it looks like the Zope\bin\lib folder is the folder to use for python distutils that contain binaries. This fact was probably already apparent to everyone but the newbie :) http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/b/bin.html ****One last silly question. what are the differences between the "Zope\lib\python" folder and the Zope\bin\lib folder? Is there a Zope folder structure reference anywhere?**** Ok so that was 2 questions. Thanks, Derek Basch __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com