Now that sounds like a Buck Rogers approach <g>. When you say "spin it off", do you mean to another machine?

It's not that I want the program to continue about its business as this process is running. The process is user-initiated and the user has to wait for confirmation of the process. So it really is a matter of getting it done as quickly as possible.

With that in mind, is this still a viable option?

Thanks.

-m@