Caleb I understand your view on distribution. AFAIK, the VB runtimes have been included since Windows 2000. Not sure about the MDAC, but I think it may be fairly common on newer systems as well (possibly with Office 2000). Since you're not selling it, it may not be an issue but I think perhaps giving a choice with a large monolithic install and a smaller one with links to the necessary MS components would be welcome for more knowledgable users. 13MB is pretty hefty for a utility, plus it's conceivable some folks may have poorly designed applications on their systems that might break on newer dlls. At any rate, not a criticism, just a suggestion. Ironically, I was interested in JHoagland's program but when it first came out, I think the demo was 10MB. On my 56K connection, it better be porn at that size and damn good porn at that :-)

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