Mark,

Using the ShellExecute() API you can completely control the visibility of the DOS window while the FTP session is running. There's an article on my website, Q&A, General, qGEN010

Using SW_HIDE will make it invisible.

#define SW_HIDE             0
#define SW_SHOWNORMAL       1
#define SW_NORMAL           1
#define SW_SHOWMINIMIZED    2
#define SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED    3
#define SW_MAXIMIZE         3
#define SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE   4
#define SW_SHOW             5
#define SW_MINIMIZE         6
#define SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE  7
#define SW_SHOWNA           8
#define SW_RESTORE          9
#define SW_SHOWDEFAULT      10
#define SW_FORCEMINIMIZE    11
#define SW_MAX              11

>Thanks for your reply. I'm trying to avoid using the command line FTP as you end up with a MSDOS command window being spawned and I think the end user might get annoyed with these windows appearing and dissapearing all the time.