>>What about this? How about the VS Installer as an automation server? Hmmm? Consider the possiblilities there.
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>What would control it? IOW, whose the client? A VBS script?

Control from VFP or VB script or whatever you like. In VFP, it'd just take a small prg to do the work for you. Provided what functionality was exposed, theoretically, you could automate the whole process.