Jim,

Your words confirm my suspicions about "mature" aspect of the VFP 5.0 Automation.
But I'm not worrying - there is coming soon VFP 6.0 ! (cheers)

>In my (most) humble opinion, "VFP Automation Servers" are 'not ready for prime-time' yet (that's a phrase implying that they are still in their infancy an have some way to go before they are GENERALLY useful). Another thing one cannot do at this time, for instance, is to pass arrays between them.
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>I wish you luck. *IF* you are skilled with C and like to dig through lots of (hidden) documentation, I believe that you can accomplish much of what you want, but not within VFP alone.