>You might try adding the terminating null (CHR(0) to the IP Address - eg '127.0.0.1'+CHR(0)

didn't work...

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>If you do a wrapper, simply create an in-process server in VB, and use COM rather than DLL calls to let VFP access the wrapper; it cleans up data conversion issues nicely.

I started working on VB in-process server yesterday, and was able to successfully hit the target DLL from VFP. The DLL is an interface to a data-server for data in a legacy application written in Business Basic. With the wrapper, I will be able to make the interface object-based...it needed a wrapper of some sort anyway.

Thanks for the help,