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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">Keep it simple .....</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><i> ..... will pass data from A to B - I will probably </i><b><i>use a file to put the data in</i></b><i> because its quite structured.</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><i>B will sleep on a timer loop until this something is triggered.</i></span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">Why not use the exis the very existance of the data transfer file as the trigger.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">Program A creates the file(s) with the data and then goes on with whatever else it needs to do. Perhaps even
creating another data file or appending to an existing one.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">Program B sleeps on a timer, wakes up, checks for the existance of a/the data file(s). If one/some exist then
process, if not then sleep another cycle.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">I have use this method to pass both fax and email files and other messages to a "server". Naming conventions,
folder locations etc can all be used to do any segregation of users/purposes as required.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">Using this method A and B don't even have to be on the same machine.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">Hope this helps.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">Graham Marsden</span></font></div>
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