Karl,
Mark's suggestion is excellent. One further advantage is that IF you want the EXE to run from the workstation for extra speed, the shell EXE can check for the existance of the correct folder/files and add them on the fly.

Barbara

>Is there a way to do a live update of a VFP application using the Internet. I have seen this done in Norton Utilities and Norton Antivirus and also Turbo Tax.
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>I have sucessfully used MABRY FTP active X control in an app to move files to and from an FTP site. I would like to use it to check on an FTP site for a file, then download it if it is a more recent version.
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>Then replace the VFP exe file... Unfortunately the VFP app is in memory and cannot be replaced. I have thought of two alternatives.
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>1. Somehow get VFP to run a command after it exits? which would copy the new EXE over the old one. Is this possible??
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>2. Have a shell program (EXE) which calls another DLL, EXE or ?? COM file. Then the shell could download the new DLL, EXE or COM file?
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>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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>Thanks in advance.