Using SQLDMO is by far the easiest way to do this. It is a pain to distribute though because you need to distribute half a dozen com dlls and some of them need to go into specific folders. I did one of these recently and it took me nearly a day to find the documentation on distributing DMO correctly. Jon

There is no error message or diagnostic of any kind. After having Outlook open (it doesn't matter if it is still open or not), I log into my workplace workstation. After just a few seconds, I lose the connection. The connection is not open long enough for me to do any work. Any ideas? Thanks, Royce

More generically (i.e. if you plan to use custom attributes or there is a possibility that you will be inspecting third party assemblies that may do so), you could do something like this: object[] attribs = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetCustomAttributes(true); That will return all of the custom attributes applied to the executing assembly either directly or through inheritance. The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' ('I found it!') but 'That's funny...’

select [name] from master.dbo.sysdatabases See MSDN: sysdatabases[^] - also available in the Books On-line with SQL Server. Do you want to know more?

Thanks, Colin. Yes, I think you have given me some useful ideas.

If you had searched for answers to your problem first, you may have run across http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?msg=911474&forumid=1649#xx911474xx[^], which describes the solution to what you're searching for. The fact that this is for a RichTextBox doesn't matter; the same solution works for practically all scrollable controls so long as the controls that they encapsulate handle the standard scrolling messages. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Software Design Engineer Developer Division Sustained Engineering Microsoft [My Articles]

Maybe because I create a lot of errors in code and spend twice the time hunting for it ;)

I suggest using the /logFile option to InstallUtil. If you didn't, it still writes logs: see the documentation for InstallUtil. Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder