Thanks Joe, This looks like exactly what I needed many thanks

I am trying to create a Windows Installer package, can anyone lend some advice on best route if my software needs to connect and deploy some stored procedures? Thanks in advance Terance Emory

One other quick question is there an event that fires when FormWindowState property is changed? I cant find one in documentation but wanted to make sure I wasnt overlooking anything.

Ok here is the scenario. I have an automated process manager that I am running, it is polling using the timer class every 10 minutes to see if something needs to be run. If the window is FormWindowState.Normal the memory is between 11 - 21 meg which is fine, when I minimize the window it drops memory useage to around 600k, which is great. However if I try to run GC after a poll and successful process run, the memory doesn't seem to get collected no matter what I try. I would expect memory to realease to at least 3 - 4 meg once the process is completed however when I call GC this doesnt happen, if I manually minimize the display the memory releases down to 600 - 800k. So I dont think I have references in place that should be there, its almost like GC doesnt fire until I minimize. Any thoughts?