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================== From: Ben Preston <[log in to unmask]> There are numerous (and horrid) examples; They range from medical office apps (patient record programs, medical imaging) to accounting and email servers (mdaemon, exchange). It's an ugly scene. To make matters worse, most Windows "server" applications (especially stuff coded inhouse) usually aren't made to use TCP/IP as their main method of communication between server and client - NetBIOS with mapped drives and shared files. ================== My favorite is when they use the shared directory to point to an Access file that they then poll for new records rather than dare to open a socket and read until and error or it closes. Pathetic. ================== It's as good as it sounds. Like traveling cross-country by loading a horse and buggy onto a jetliner. ================== Great analogy. Bill Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D. University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology PO Box 100254 Gainesville, FL 32610-0254 Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: (352) 846-1285 FAX: (352) 392-7029