Hi Simon.

I've done a little work with the GM API's ...

Can you post the sequence of code lines previous to the error message coming up... and the exact error message ... is that message coming from the op. sys or from vfp.

If you can be a little more specific, maybe I might be of some help to you.

Scott

ps; Your product sounds intriguing ... as I'm working on a bit of integration to GM myself, I'm always interested in other ideas and programs...
:-D

>Hello Again Sergey,
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>The product in question is GoldMine a CRM package. We have developed a matching solution above and beyond the existing functionality using advanced phonetic matching techniques. It is a very simple VFP application which needs GoldMine to be open before running through it's database and marking the matching records. It uses the connectivity calls from the GoldMine API to access the data from the database.
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>However I experienced the Remote data not accessable message if it isn't open which looks a bit daft to our prospective users. Be nicer to trap the error, or better still open the application if it isn't open already. Haven't really dealt with this element of programming before so any ideas you may have would be greatly appreciated. I've had a similar message before using a connection from VFP go Excel and so that's a very similar thing I imagine.
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>Thanks for replying (yet again), your help is very much appreciated.
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>Kind Regards,
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>Simon