*snip*
>
> I have attempted to register the server from the client machine (via CLIREG32) and the system administrator has attempted to self-register it on the server machine (via test.exe -regserver). DCOMCNFG still does not show the class.

Are the VFP runtime libraries installed on the server machine? The COM server won't register unless those files are present.

>
> I have been testing access on the client machine in a VFP command window via:
> lo=CREATEOBJECTEX("Test.appTest","\\Server")
> Initially I got the message 'RPC Server not Available'
> Now if I pass the correct server the error is "Class Not Registered"
>
>Questions:
> What services need to be running on the server machine for DCOM access?

Nothing extra with respect to NT or W2K. All services are intrinsic.

>
> What services need to be running on the client machine to use DCOM components?
>

With NT, nothing extra. With Windows 98, you need DCOM98 installed.

> How do you register a DCOM component?

On the server, I use the Myserver /regserver syntax. Because it's DCOM, I don't register it on the client. I use its CLSID when instantiating it with CREATEOBJECTEX() so I don't have to.

>
> Why isn't VFP(6.0 SP4) generating a vbr file that CLIREG32 can handle?
>

Sorry, can't answer that.