If you want to run an office application like Excel or MS-Access in the background, you can do that with a COM Object. If that is not the case, you can use Rad's solution... You you maybe able to run it using WinAT, Task Scheduler, or JT.EXE.

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Something else just come to mind.. You may also be able to do this as a service using SRVANY.EXE/INSTSRV.EXE from the Resource Kit as well.
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HTH,

Kent

[ 03. June 2003, 14:29: Message edited by: kdyer ]
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