>Anyone else run into this odd behavior or have a suggestion
>as to how to resolve it?
I would first try and write a file to a folder where the app is running and putting in SYS(0), or someother way to find out what SYS(0) returns. Just to see what user the COM object is running under. It could be a rights issue.
Charles
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