I need to have a user 1,000 miles away kick off a VFP
program on a local machine. I anticipate the remote
user to use the Internet and submit a request to a
local PC. This locall PC will then run a VFP program
that takes about 3 hours to run. The end result should
then be sent via email to the user.

Sounds like a job for remote automation or DCOM. Never
used either one so I could sure use some pointers. Does
the PC that will run the VFP program need to be a server?

Any help offered will certainly be appreciated...