Well, how about making a small VFP app. This app would contain
one table with the following fields:

Message varchar(255), TimeStamp = DATETIME, User = varchar(25).

When your program needs to send a message, you INSERT a record
with the text in the Message field, DATETIME() in the TimeStamp
field, and the user name in the user field. On the main form,
add a timer, and each timer interval, check to see if a new
message (based on the timestamp) has arrived. IF it has, display
the message. The good thing about doing it this way is that all
messages will be saved in the database. You'll need a few more
fields, such as when the last message was received, etc., but
I'm sure you get the idea.


Anywho, doing it this way puts everything in VFP's domain, so
you won't have to worry about running it under Novell or whatnot.
Hope this helps. If you do it this way, let me know how it works.

Randall