>Hi Mark,
>
>I personally found the approach with placing the text files into application directory having some additional advantages.
>1. You don't need to open the DBC to shutdown/prevent the application login.
>2. The text file used for shutdown at the same time contains the message about the reason and the info when user can log in again.
>2. Any batch file can do the application shutdown.

Even better. I like second option of #2. < bg >