Yes i think it would help !!! I found this article yesterday ... thank you !!! cr97

thanx ... But how can i do that in C++ ??? i found this ...

void CDaoWorkspace::Create(LPCTSTR lpszName, LPCTSTR lpszUserName, LPCTSTR lpszPassword)
{
...

// Get the DAODBEngine interface and initialize if necessary
\_AFX\_DAO\_STATE\* pDaoState = AfxGetDaoState();
if (pDaoState->m\_pDAODBEngine == NULL)
	InitializeEngine();

...
}

and i know that DAODBEngine has the method ...

pDaoState->m_pDAODBEngine->put_SystemDB(THIS_BSTR SystemDBPath);

Can i call this like it is to change the SystemDB ??? And i can't use this AfxGetDaoState() ... it's unknown ... mhg cr97

How can i open an access-file (database.mdb) with DAO using a special systemdb/workgroupfile (database_sys.mdw) ??? if i use ODBC i can defien a systemdb in de ODBC-connect-string ... but it doesn't work with DAO !!! thx a lot cr97

hello ... I have a big problem with an application. with this application i have to open an access file on a server somewhere in the net. the clients use my app to open this access-file. i used ODBC, i use DAO ... but always there must be something installed on the clients that i can open the access-file (mdac, jet,...) but i need a solution where i can start the app-exe on a naked client (no installation of jet before). it is ok, if dll's are in the app-directory ... how can i do this ?????????????????????????????????? P.S. the database must be a file ... no server ...

Ok ... i'm glad that i could help you ... But i'm not chris ... cr doesn't mean chris :o) Doesn't matter ... cr97

Good question ... ähm ... next one ... Therefore at the moment i don't know a solution ... maybe you find something in the "google groups" ??? cr97

You can try to send the message to the user ... NET SEND bob "Hi ... are you online ?" This sends the message not to a machine but to a user in the network ! In this case it doesn't matter on which machine "bob" is logged in. Try it at the DOS-Prompt ... cr97

At moment i don't know if this s possible but i think so ... why do you wanna know who is logged in at a special machine ??? cr97

IMHO if you have the user name it is not necessary to know the machine name ... cr97

And why don't you make a dialog, where the you can select the text and the user ??? And after pressing "SEND" you concatenate all the strings like strCall = "NET SEND "+strUserName+" \""+strMessage+"\""; then you can execute "strCall" ... is it a solution for you ? cr97 P.S. Sprichst du deutsch ?

oh sorry ... i mean the message board there ... try this ...

I don't know special api-calls for this ... but maybe you can use the Windows command "net send" ??? (translated from a german windows ...) NET SEND {Name|*|/DOMAIN[:Name]|/USERS} Message Example: NET SEND ThomasBoseKenn "Do you need further help ?" cr97

It works ... but you have to change the autosize-function ... the actual autosize calculates a height for only one line of text !!! Look at http://www.codeproject.com/miscctrl/gridctrl.asp ... Search for multi-line, word-wrap etc. cr97