I think I saw something a month or so ago on this, but I cannot locate it now... I'm not sure if this could be answered here, but when I try to make a freestanding app of dbiproxy it compiles fine and includes all the proper Modules....but then I get the following error message when attempting to run it: C:\dbi\dbiproxy.exe --loop-child --configfile=dbiproxy.cfg Config file dbiproxy.cfg did not return a hash ref. at Net/Daemon.pm line 193. at Net/Daemon/Log.pm line 127. Interestingly enough, the same config file works great for dbiproxy.bat That's Active-Perl 5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread binary build 626 by ActiveState Tool Corp. DBI::ProxyServer 0.2003 Bundle::DBI 1.18 PDK 3.0.0.300 on a WIN2K Pro Box. -- Michael Wray Network Administrator FamilyConnect, Inc.