>>Can an application which is installed on a users PC as an EXE, access and interact with data that is made available on a web server? I know I can access internet data with asp pages and a COM server built as a dll, but can I get to the data using a traditional EXE, and if so how?
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>Have you looked at Web Services?

Thanks Al. I did after your question and built a test that seems to work. More testing and exploration to come.

- Don