Nadya....
Newsgroups are kinda like the UT except you get them in your email reader... Oulook or Outlook express, etc. Set them up in accounts (you will see an option for news) when it asks for the address of the news server you put
news.microsoft.com
After you are through setting up the account you have to "subscribe" to a news group. There are lots of them. Several for VFP, etc. The one for asp is...
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general
This is a pretty active group with anywhere from 50 - 150 posts a day. Several MVP's respond to the questions.
In that group look for the thread... adovbs vs typelibraries for the thread that I mentioned in my response to you.
There are lots of other newsgroups. You might look at news.devx.com they have a VFP and asp group among others. Just more resources you can use.
As for your other problem... I have no clue at all... sorry!
Best
Tom Gahagan
Alliance
Computer Solutions
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