>Is CreateObjectEx different from DCOM? What is the speed of createing an object over the internet with 56K? What privilege does the user need to be able to create the object? I know allot of questions but this will be my first crack at this.

The reason createobjectEx exists is to get around the need for Automation Manager to be running on your system.

Its only problem is however, that you need to code differently for the
server system to the client systems. In you install a out-of-process server
app onto your host machine ... you need to call in using createobject() if
vfp runs on the same machine. Yet all clients can call it using createibjectex().