You could create a vfp mtdll and us it in combination with IIS. This will run without a login, same as a service (probably better). If you really want to run as a service, take a look at the SRVANY utility. There may be some other ways too, but, I'm not sure how smoothly they work...
>Is it possible to complie a VFP7 app to run as a process on NT4, rather than a stand alone exe?
>If so - how can I make sure that this process is always running on the NT4 server?
>I need to use an Active-X control (winsock) to listen for TCP/IP messages and then respond. Does the Acive-X control have to be placed on a form or can I programmatically create one in a prg and have the whole thing run without a form?
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>Any answers greatfully received!
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>Cheers
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>Neil Shumsky