>I would create a table with 4 fields -- FromUser (Char), ToUser (Char), >Message (memo field), Received (logical). Setup your app to automatically >query this table for the ToUser = UserID that just logged in (from your >Security system) and Not Recieved. If there are any new messages, >automatically display them in a form with an option to review previously >*received* messages. After the review a message, set the Received field to >..t. I would also add a menu item to allow the user to access his/her >messages at any time as well. > >Of course you will have to add a procedure to create new messages for the >table. I've had another thing, if it may help. There was a system with some 40 users, and ocassionally there was a need to distribute system messages. The users were doctors who worked with varying schedules (not same time of day or even week), so I've combined the LogIO table (who logged in, when, where) and the message table, which had just a timestamp and memo with text. Simply checked for new messages since the last login and shown them.