Thanks, John.

Did it work once Access was clicked on and a password entered?

Yes, I can see where making Access visible would be helpful if a password is involved. Unfortunately, there is no "HasPassword" property so I think that I am going to have to make it a checkbox and make Access visible if it's checked off manually.

To work I go!

>Great Effort!
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>One of my chaps just tried out mdbtodbc on a password-protected mdb. The Access password dialog comes up several times in the Access.Application, which is fine, except that the VFP form retains focus over the top of the password dialog which needs to be clicked in the taskbar. You may want to put an option about that (? password textbox/"has password" checkbox) on your form so if the mdb is password protected it moves the focus to Access for the login or tells the user to do it themselves rather than waiting passively.
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>Regards
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>JR