Hi Arrrch,
I never meant to cause frustration or the obligation for a hand out. I chose Arduino because of the vast amount of sample code I can read and practice with along with the awesome support by so many vendors (including this forum). Yes, my philosophy to learn is to try (actual hands on); and keep trying until it works. I exhaust all literature that I can understand. I avoid inconveniencing those around me until I am too "lost in the woods". Right now I feel like I'm in the Amazon by some ancient undiscovered Mayan village.
That being said, thank you for the example. I will use it as a study example along with the rest of the recommendations on this thread to try to understand this functionality as much as possible.