BeeJey.
Thanks for the suggestions......
We do have a Dev env and a Current Released Source (CRS) env and could do as you say - but (rightly), where I work are quite anal about any code change having to go through full testing.... if we had the mythical "RenameMethod" JCF it is an easier sell that no code is actually changing so a full cross-test of the code...
Your first solution would mean actively releasing code (from your CRS env) that would be exactly the same as the released code..... but that's not enough for our release stamdards....
We'll muddle along - thanks for all the help....
Lorcan