>Mark,
>
>I assume that you're talking about Remote automation.
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>Using DCOM is a much more rubust solution than creating a NT-service.
>With a Service you have to start the Automation Manager (if you're programing in VFP or VB). Despite of more than 2 day's of attempt i couldn't get it working properly.
>
>By my knowlegde DCOM is only easy to implement when using a Window NT 4.0 Server and Windows NT 4.0 Workstation and some (surely not all) Windows 95 versions.
>(for more information see Q158582 at microsoft support page)
>
>I've made a security module which stores permissions of users and group by compiling a projects with only a VCX and a dummy-startprogram as a OLE server. Then you can register it on both the server anfd the client (See Developers guide) and configure it with the DCOMCNFG utility.
>
>an advantage of using dcom is that you don't have to install or start a service just use the create object command:
>
>x=CREATEOBJECT()
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>You can give the created object other administrative rights than the user logged on (client machine). In my case through my class i can acces databases which i cannot access directly because i have no permission to the appropriate directory.
>
>Personnaly i gave my class administrator rights (i work in a small network) so i can do some powerfull things such as finding out who's logged on the network,
>who's using particular files, add and delete users and groups etc.
>
>I this is usefull information,
>
>
>Walter Meester,
>Tax Software


An update for Win95 DCOM was made available in the past couple of weeks. It is available at www.microsoft.com/com. Any Win95 box can use it.

Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer