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JJ I compiled it and ran it. I got a blue screen to come up but I got an error about it not finding a file. I assume its talking about my database. Do I need to change a path?

Thanks for all these Simon. I am trying to decipher how these work. I need to sep up a test server because I could see myselft type something wrong and screw it all up.

Thanks Simon Do your batch files log off people by length of time logged into the database? Is it similar to what JJ wrote above?

Thanks JJ I will try and get someone to compile this for me. What will I end up with after it is compiled? Is there a way to schedule this to run at certrain times? And also what do you mean by using odbc and other languages?

Thanks for you reply I am hoping I can write something that will look at the _connect table and disconnect users based on the the time they logged in. I would like to run it 2 or 3 times a day and disconnect users if they have been logged on more than 3 hours from the their logon (connect)...

I would like to write a script to automate some of the progress utilities like proshut. What can I use to write the script? I have a windows enviroment. Can I use something like notepad? I dont have the progress programming tools so I cant write progress code I dont think(not that I can...

Thanks Thank you progress_guy, stefgay and jongpau! I will read up on views and see if I can figure it out. As far as your solution jongpau, its probably above my head. I am not a progress programmer. We use an application built on progress but our vendor writes/controls it. It would be...

Hi all I am trying to use odbc to pull information from a progress table to UPS worldship. My problem is that my fields are all named with dashes ie.(ship-to-name) and UPS will not let you map fields with dashes. What I tried was to pull the information into access and rename the fields...

Hi I am interested in getting started programming with progress. Whats the best way to start without any prior knowledge? Are there any great books? Any other ideas? I am a newbie to programming in general. Thanks