>Michel,
>
>Dumb question here.... *g*
>
>Since you know that PhdBase only shows that ugly little screen once, why not do something like this:
>
>

>   if not thisform.HaveIEncounteredThatStupidPhdBaseBugYet
>      if thisform.CheckToSeeIfThatDialogIsOnTop
>         clear typeahead
>         keyboard {"Enter"}
>      endif
>   endif
>

>
>If your system goes down and then automatically starts then I'd just insert a call to a method/routine that forced a call to PhdBase, cleared the typeahead, manually entered something to clear the dialog and then proceed.
>
>I'd even bet that Ed Rauh, George Tasker or someone else could provide you a routine that let you know whether or not that pesky dialog was on top and could ..er.. eliminate it. *g*
>

I'd guess that the Wscript.Shell's SendKeys method could do it. I'd be worried about usability of PHDBase at all in an in-proc server because of this little issue. Maybe Rick Strahl has already seen it and has something in WebConnect to deal with this?