--- In [email protected], "dave5851" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>    Many thanks, Bruce. That sounds like what I had in mind.  Works
> like a champ.  Only problem now is finding a way to start 
WatchFolder
> on a remote PC. Is it ok to just let it run?  

Yes just let it run: there is very little overhead as all the work is 
done in the Operating System and nothing happens until you change the 
folder.  There is _no_ timer or polling -- its all driven by the 
event of changing the folder which Windows recognizes and then 
signals PowerPro (through a suspended thread).


How much overhead will
> it cost? I could start it with a timer about the time I need it. 

YOu could, but it would not save anything significant and may even 
cost more due to timer overhead

Can I
> schedule a timer from a remote PC?  

Sure, write a script to start the timer and use the above technique 
to start the script <g>.  

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