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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?

ods.dsOpen() returns -1 on success, or an error code (positive number) on failure.

The DLL is found behind this door, but really I don't expect you to fiddle with it. The COM object can be installed and loaded without purchasing it, but it cannot do anything without purchasing the server component.

http://synergetic-data.com/sdsi.cgi?p=dserve&sp=download

I am waiting for a reply from the vendor to see if there are some methods/properties in the object that can give me the answer.

Thanks again,