I was able to modify your suggestion.  The key part which I was missing but already had already used somewhere in my page was the ''uploadobj.getqueuecount'' method.  I was able to modify my existing validation function using that method and its working perfectly now.  Out of curiosity, is there a javascript event I can handle when ...

The site I'm developing requires that the user manually specifies the total number of files they're submitting for later comparison with the total number of files they've uploaded...mostly as a precaution against forgotten files.  My goal is to generate a dynamic file count as items are added so that I can compare the two ...