ahhh - so when you said "the browse header" you meant in a routine that you happened to name "header".
A small detail, that probably matters with regard to the answers.
The item you are updating in this header, is it specific to this user, or common across all users using the server? It seems like it's a value unique to this user?
Your best option is to make a small example app showing what it is you want to do, and I can look at that and suggest something from there...
Cheers
Bruce