>>Does anyone have, or know where to get, a blocking ftp control for VFP?
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>>I need one like the Mabry control but blocking.
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>Mabry can be used in blocking mode, ( I understand this to mean not asynchronous). I don't have the specifics, but if you look at the Mabry website in their tech support section you will find something.

Thanks for the reply, but the Mabry site says that the control cannot be used in blocking mode in VFP. The problem that I have is that the program can have no user intervention. It needs to autoload, auto-download files from multiple sites, and then shutdown.

I have solved (I think) the problem by turning a timer on and off and using a flag to tell me which action to perform next.