Thank you gentlemen for your replies. I have already installed Visual C# 2010 Express after following Kodiaks excellent tutorials at the top of this forum.
I've also started on the C# tutorials mentioned in the post by bolox above - great find.
I have some experience of Pascal programming from almost 30 years ago!! so the concept of programming is not totally alien to me.
All I need now is twice as many hours in a day so I can learn C# AND mission building in the FMB.
Still, keeps me off the streets!
Thanks again,
WB.