Thanks for the feedback.

There is not a "current" channel...each file that is opened is assigned a channel. So far I have not found another way to retrieve it from the COM object.



>Doesn't that COM Server have a property that could show you which is current channel?
>If so, you could use:
>

>? ods.dsOpen("g:\ssi605\data\ic\icmast",lnChannel)  && works, but there is always the possibility
>                                                    && that the COM object assigns me a different channel
>lnChannel = ods.ChannelPropety
>