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Windows API function?

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Waynest

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I have a vb exe file sitting on an NT4 server. I want to call it from a remote site and have it execute there on the server then pass back a value when complete. I need to do this because the connection to the remote site is slow and there are many table updates to perform (SQL server DB).

I've tried using SHELL to do this, but what seems to happen is that the exe on the server is loaded into memory on the remote client and all the updates still take place across the slow connection.

Is there anything in the Windows API which would let me achieve this?
 
Try using DCOM. Or use Winsock to have the remote program listen for requests. Or even MS Message Queue.

Chip H.
 
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