>Thanks for the additional info. I'd love to see any implementation of your distributed apps on the web if they're public. I still see desktop GUI controls for searching et al much richer than what the web browser affords but to each his own. Specifically again taking that app with WIN32API calls from VB as an example vs the online interface here under API. I could continute to ask you questions all day on each point learning more and more but I'll spare you <g> and say thanks

Rick Strahl's article on distributed apps is a pretty good one, and covers a bunch of the basics involved in using the web as your network. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask.