>Thanks for the feedback.
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>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.
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>>Doesn't that COM Server have a property that could show you which is current channel?
>>If so, you could use:
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>>? 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
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Is there any place from where I could download that COM?
also what ods.dsOpen() returns? Can it be a channel?