Hey guys everything is working great at my end & the final result is a task that runs every two hours utilizing Lonkero's FTPGet UDF to get the weather JPG's for 3 zip codes I need. The script also shells out to utilize the JPG to BMP utility that Radimus found and supplied for the cause - thanks again. The task runs every two hours, grabs the files converts them and then copies The weather BMP's to all KIX script locations.

After that is complete, I run the following form:

Debug off
SetConsole ("Hide")


;Setup the GUI
$Form = CreateObject("Kixtart.form")
$Form.text = "Logon In Progress....."
$Form.Size = 810,600
$Form.backcolor = 255,255,255
$Form.Center
$Form.windowstate = 2

$pbar = $Form.progressbar
$pbar.width = 800
$pbar.height = 20
$pbar.min = 0
$pbar.max = 20
$pbar.Left
$pbar.top = 400
$pbar.borderstyle = 0

$logo = $form.image("login.bmp")
$logo.center
$logo.top = 15
$logo.borderstyle = 0

$PHX = $form.image("85040.bmp")
$PHX.center
$PHX.top = 430
$PHX.borderstyle = 0

$SF = $form.image("94120.bmp")
$SF.Left
$SF.top = 430
$SF.borderstyle = 0

$HI = $form.image("96819.bmp")
$HI.Left = 530
$HI.top = 430
$HI.borderstyle = 0

$text = $form.textbox
$text.borderstyle = 0
$text.locked = 1
$text.width = 400
$text.height = 20
$text.Left
$text.top = 375
$text.value = "Logging into Network @SCRIPTNAME"

$ID = $form.textbox
$ID.borderstyle = 0
$ID.locked = 1
$ID.fontsize = 16
$ID.width = 325
$ID.height = 30
$ID.Left = 260
$ID.top = 200
$ID.value = "Welcome %s_user%!"

$text2 = $form.textbox
$text2.borderstyle = 0
$text2.locked = 1
$text2.fontsize = 16
$text2.width = 350
$text2.height = 30
$text2.center
$text2.top = 225
$text2.value = "@day, @month @mdayno @year @time"

$text3 = $form.textbox
$text3.borderstyle = 0
$text3.locked = 1
$text3.fontsize = 16
$text3.width = 200
$text3.height = 20
$text3.center
$text3.top = 250
$text3.value = "Station: @WKSTA"

$text4 = $form.textbox
$text4.borderstyle = 0
$text4.locked = 1
$text4.fontsize = 16
$text4.width = 300
$text4.height = 20
$text4.center
$text4.top = 275
$text4.value = "@PRODUCTTYPE"

$text6 = $form.textbox
$text6.borderstyle = 0
$text6.locked = 1
$text6.fontsize = 16
$text6.width = 300
$text6.height = 25
$text6.center
$text6.top = 300
$text6.value = "Logon Server:@LSERVER"

$text7 = $form.textbox
$text7.borderstyle = 0
$text7.locked = 1
$text7.fontsize = 16
$text7.width = 100
$text7.height = 25
$text7.center
$text7.top = 325
$text7.value = "@DOMAIN"

$form.show

$pbar.value = 0
$text.value = "Starting Login Progess"
Sleep 1

$pbar.value = 1
$text.value = "Defining Variables"

ETC ETC ETC..

Thanks again guys..