reducing the amount of code in ram to free up space

Countrypaul. I will take a stab at it and you are right; it should reduce the code and sram some more. I'm using the lastest IDE version on an uno v3.
thanks

countrypaul:
Which version of the IDE is in use?

Some simple things such as replacing

lcd.setCursor(0,0);  

lcd.print("Saving.     ");
 delay(500);
 lcd.setCursor(0,0);
 lcd.print("Saving..    ");
 delay(500);
 lcd.setCursor(0,0);
 lcd.print("Saving...   ");
 delay(500);
 lcd.setCursor(0,0);
 lcd.print("Saving....  ");
 delay(500);
 lcd.setCursor(0,0);
 lcd.print("Saving..... ");
 delay(500);
 lcd.setCursor(0,0);
 lcd.print("Saving......");
 lcd.setCursor(0,0);




with a loop that adds the requisite numbre of dots/spaces will mean you only need 3 string ("Saving","."and," ") so using 1/6 of the storage you currently use might help.