We are moving into the Win NT world ( kicking and screaming) because we need a database and Access is all we can get. I know Dave Botton is working on COM/DCOM tools for NT. Is there a free API for the ACCESS Database run-time Engine? We are looking at building a Glade server on the NT system which other (client) Ada code will talk to get data from the Access database. This replaces a flat data file system that we have outgrown. Anyone been down this path? ====//==== "The difference between hardware and software is that the more you play with hardware, the more likely you are to break it, but the more you play with software the more likely you are to FIX it." ====//==== Bill Dale , LMMS mailto:[log in to unmask] mailto:[log in to unmask]