>>Well, controlling the time the COM servers are held in memory is what I'm trying to do. Where do you set the "corresponding setting for your objects in IIS"?
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>Oops! Read "MTS" instead of "IIS".
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>Right click on the your package and choose Properties. The property is in the Advanced tab, "Shutdown after being idle for ... minutes". The minimum is 1 minute. (Zero means never.) However, if you go directly to the registry where this setting is saved, you can set it up to the second.
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>From my experience, this setting is not very reliable. If you just need a fast way to release your dll from memory, install the Windows Resource Kit. It contains a kill.exe tool. It can be used to kill any process. So, to stop the IIS:
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>kill inetinfo
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>Vlad

Thanks for info. I am not currently using MTS but may look into this. I am using Kill when needed to stop the service but I can use foxisapi /reset to release the VFP servers. So you're saying ( as I have understood ) that there is no way in IIS itself to control the duration of COM servers in memory. Wish MS would change this. :-)

Bill