>>Alex Johnson elocuted: >>If you simply do what Corey suggests, the program will hang-up waiting for >>FoxAPI to startup. I've never had a program recover from that problem. Huh? There's no way to use a timeout on a request in FoxAPI? On second thought, I believe at least one person knows how to do it. Our Aspen CIM-IO collector does not hang when FoxAPI is not there, but rather complains loudly in its log file. Corey _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave