Thank you for chiming in Grat...unfortunately still getting error 041 (wrong series usage) and error 047 (no bars tot plot) as a result.

I read the manual which pointed me to look at the bars in question (console outputs between the errors "Bar 15: 14 - bar 16: 16") but I have no idea what this means...is there an option I missed for more expansive log details? Or is this the kind of thing developing and debugging in VS is suited for?