Unless you are in the same local network as the database server, it can not save a file on your computer. You have to download the file from the server, whihc requires something like FTP or a web server on the server, or remote desktop access to the server. Despite everything, the person most likely to be fooling you next is yourself.

If you mean system wide, then develop your own screensaver project and use the system's screensaver settings to set the various delay settings etc. If you mean you want a screensaver within you application's form only to be activated after your app has been inactive - have a look at my Application Idle[^] article. Dave BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn) Visual Basic is not used by normal people so we're not covering it here. (Uncyclopedia)

Modern telephones use Dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF)[^] signals to represent the numbers. You need to play your message "Press 1 for this, Press 2 for that" and then listen to the incoming signal. You need to processes the signal and determine the low frequency portion and the high frequency portion. You can then determine the number (Keypad[^]) (You should also make sure you handle the case that the user doesn't have a DTMF telephone. There are other methods like pulse dialling, which are rarely used any more, but probably still exist. Just have a default selection if no tones are detected) Simon

Go ahead and all the best. HAPPY DIWALI[^]

You're copying files? It's not that hard to implement in your own application. Before you start copying, put the current time in a variable. (DateTime startCopy = DateTime.Now) Next, you're gonna copy a list of files. Once you have copied the first file, get the current time. Get the timespan between those two timings. At this point you want to know how long it took to copy a single file. You also know how much files you're going to copy, right? Next thing you do, is check out how many files still need to be copied. (How many items are remaining in the list?) Multiply by the time that it took to copy a single file - and there you have your "Remaining time:" The displayed time will be a rough indication. It might be more accurate if you count the bytes copied :) Hope this helps,

Don't repost :mad: Sorry, too early, and haven't met the coffee-quota yet.