>>>I am interested in developing a communications mechanism for a client >>>of mine, whereby the VFP app will establish a dial up connection to >>>a WIN95 or WIN NT machine. Upon establishing the connection, I >>>desire the app to transfer files to the host machine, and download >>>files from it, then terminate the connection. >>> >>>I thought Comm Tools looked like a viable basis for a solution. >>> >>>Anyone utilized Comm Tools or any other mechanism or developed a >>>form class to handle this type of communication? >>> >>>Thanks. >> >>If you want to go cheap, have you considered RAS? Sort of old and not very flashy but it >>gets the job done fairly well if you just want to do file transfer. I just recommend you >>not use it to work with open tables - interminably slow! > >Steve: > >I've considered RAS - and I'm keeping options open at this time. I had thought about >creating a communications class for reusability, but cheap and easy will serve my needs >at this time. Can you post how to call it from Win NT 3.51? I've not worked much with >NT3.51. The it's been almost 3 years since I messed with this stuff in FPW2.6 and I don't have the source handy. However, as I recall, we only needed to use three API calls which were something like RASDIAL, RASSTATUS and RASHANGUP. I do remember that the code operated the same under WIN95, WFWG and NT3.51 so if you get one to work, the rest will follow suit. If you can't find anything on these, give me a holler at my private EMAIL as I'm a LISTSERV non-PUTM and don't often see the messages directed specifically to me. *Steve Myers *Voice: (303)423-3860 *Fax: (303)422-5464 *EMAIL: samyers@stratosoft.com