OK - maybe I'm caffiene depleted, but using
 Code:
Break On
Dim $System, $result
$System = CreateObject('Kixtart.System')$result = $System.Shell('cmd.exe /c ping.exe -n 1 fileserver1',0,3)
if instr($result,"TTL=")
    "Responds!" ?
endif

still pops up a window <sssssiip> (Ahhh!)
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Oh, wait - that's from the "responds" line!

This is sweet!!

Shawn, I take back what I said, and will buy you the cutest little sheep...

Jochen - thanks for the heads up on this, I'll be adding some KFPing and KFNsLookup UDFs today...

Glenn \:D
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