>However, I want to have visual control for some monitoring purposes.

That's what I was thinking of :) I thought you wanted to diplay a form but avoid modal states. Both could be achieved with an EXE OLE Server ... or am I getting you wrong here?

Armin

>>... and you can have a GUI, if you're making an out-of-process EXE server. If I got you right, that's what you want to have!?
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>I basically just start the app by clicking on the icon.