Hi Christof,
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>>Terrific! Where did you find that? Many thanks.
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>July MSDN. I typed it into the Search tab and it was the only article that appeared. Obviously it's not that well documented, at all. *g*

I figured as much, and I just found the article. Looks rather interesting, however, and I'll need to read it.

I'll probably use the Winsock control to get the local IP address for testing and samples. Thanks again.

>>When it's done, I forward a copy directly to your Compuserve address.
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>That would be great! Thanks again.
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My pleasure.