Hi Nadya, I looked quickly last night, but could not find my code. I must have backed it up with all of my other old code I seldom reference. I'm not sure if I used OLE Automation though or if I called the remote exe with command lines to run the script from within VFP. I'll have to check this weekend. In the meantime, I did find these notes (version 8 or 9, not sure which) in my folder that may or may not help:

- pcANYWHERE Host objects do not support OLE when they are "Run as a
  service."  Disable this feature when launching Host objects embedded
  within other applications or run from the file manager.

- The OLE service must be installed and activated under Windows NT
  before installing pcANYWHERE32; otherwise, you might receive an
  "OLE Initialization failed" message when running pcANYWHERE32.

*You can use the following command line options from the DOS prompt to 
 start Gateways, Hosts, Remotes, or Online functions:

 <path to pcaw32>\AWHOST32.EXE <path to pcaw32>\data\<file>.bhf
 <path to pcaw32>\AWREM32.EXE  <path to pcaw32>\data\<file>.chf
 <path to pcaw32>\AWGATE32.EXE <path to pcaw32>\data\<file>.gwf
 <path to pcaw32>\AWONL32.EXE  <path to pcaw32>\data\<file>.osf

 You can now use a command line option to have a pcANYWHERE host call 
 a remote.  At the command prompt, type:

 AWHOST32.EXE <file>.BHF /c (for Windows 95)
 AWHOST32.EXE <file>.BHF /d /c (for Windows NT)

NOTE: This command will not work if the host is waiting on two devices


* Scripts may be executed from the command line by using the following
  syntax:

    <path to pcaw32>\AWREM32.EXE <path><scriptname>.scr


* Allow host to specify the remote's phone number from the command
  line when the host is calling the remote.  

Format:

<path to pcaw32>\AWHOST32.EXE <path to pcaw32>\data\<file>.bhf /cN
 
Where: 

 N - is the phone number you wish to dial (Ex. 1234567)
     The phone number can be at most 30 digits.

<file>.bhf - is a host file configured for modem or TAPI. 

Example:

AWHOST32.EXE c:\program files\pcanywhere\data\modem.bhf /c1234567 

Tracy

>>Nadya, what happens when you run the code below (after changing it to valid files of course and a valid connection)?
>
>I got Class definition "AWREM32.APPLICATION" is not found (Error 1733)
>on my machine.
>
>>

>>*PcAnywhere help file is pcaole.pdf
>>LOCAL oPcApp, lcSource, lcDestination, lcCommand
>>
>>oPcApp = CREATEOBJECT("AWREM32.APPLICATION")
>>
>>oPcApp.awConnect("C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINNT\Application Data\Symantec\pcAnywhere\myconnection.chf")
>>
>>*Transfer From Host
>>lcSource = "C:\testfile.txt"
>>lcDestination = "C:\temp\testfile.txt"
>>
>>llResult = oPcApp.FileXferFromHost(lcSource, lcDestination)
>>
>>IF llResult
>>	MESSAGEBOX("Transfer from host successful",0)
>>ELSE
>>	MESSAGEBOX("Transfer from host NOT successful",0)
>>ENDIF
>>
>>*Transfer to Host
>>lcSource = "C:\temp\testfile.txt"
>>lcDestination = "C:\testfile.txt"
>>
>>llResult = oPcApp.FileXferToHost(lcDestination, lcSource)
>>
>>IF llResult
>>	MESSAGEBOX("Transfer to host successful",0)
>>ELSE
>>	MESSAGEBOX("Transfer to host NOT successful",0)
>>ENDIF
>>
>>*Execute Program on remote computer
>>lcCommand = "C:\winnt\notepad.exe"
>>llResult = oPcApp.ExecuteHostFile(lcCommand)
>>
>>IF llResult
>>	MESSAGEBOX("Remote Program execution successful",0)
>>ELSE
>>	MESSAGEBOX("Remote Program execution NOT successful",0)
>>ENDIF
>>
>>

>>Tracy
>>
>>>Hi Tracy,
>>>
>>>It's not urgent for me, I've just got a Data Entry application, which is written by my colleague. I need to add all File Maintenance stuff (Archiving, Putting on disketts, etc.; I was thinking, it would be good to invoke PCAnywhere directly from this application). I'm currently just getting customized with this application...
>>>
>>>>I have version 8 too, not 9 so it should work. I believe I wrote it while we were using version 8, and if so, it should work as is for an example. Let me see if I can find it tonight. I'll pop on the UT if I can. If it's not with my general location of stuff and I have to 'dig' for it, then it'll be this weekend.
>>>>take care,
>>>>Tracy
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Tracy,
>>>>>
>>>>>If you can find this code and send it to me, it would be a great help. I've checked version on my machine, it's 8. It gave me an error on this command, which I found in another thread:
>>>>>
>>>>>

oPCA = createobject("AWREM32.application")

>>>>>
>>>>>"Class not found"
>>>>>
>>>>>Which PCAnywhere version you're running?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks again in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Yes Nadya, You can invoke pcanwhere and run a script where you can define whatever you want including the upload and download directories. I had actually done that a couple of years ago with an older version for transferring of inventory levels before we starting using ftp. I had scripts for full automation as well as user prompts. I called it from VFP, but I do NOT remember how I did it now! (It figures! It was one of those 'do it once then forget about it' tasks I was assigned). Since we never had any problems, I never had to look at the code again. I'll see if I can find my code somewhere this weekend...
>>>>>>Tracy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Do you have any technical reference to automate PCAnywhere?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I'm not sure it supports automation, but it does have it's own scripting language, if that helps.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Alex
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Alex,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Is it possible to invoke it from VFP application with predefined folders on Host and Sender machines?