Hi, Nancy.

>to clarify my previous post, i meant that our bastard network admin does not want me to install VFP 9 on the server. :)
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>>i am experimenting with setting up a super simple web service on our public web site that is running Windows 2003 server. i am NOT able to install VFP 9 on that server. all i am trying to do is to have the calling script pass the date and have the web service return the day of the week - Monday, Tuesday, etc... however there are all kinds of issues - exectables, permission problems etc that i am facing. what i thought would be easy is now much more daunting. can anyone point me to a reference or book that lists the steps in plain english for a newbie vfp programmer like me :)

If the &^@%% netadmin won't let you you install the VFP 9 runtimes, then forget about running a VFP-based Web Service.

Indeed, you need to install VFP runtimes + SOAP Toolkit redistributable, or VFP runtimes and use the Component Services console to publish your DLLs as Web Services (using the .NET framework, so no need to have the SOAP Toolkit).

Hope this helps (at least to stop trying...)