Hello Rory, Thursday, June 2, 2005, 11:53:56 AM, you wrote: RM> I have RTFM, and I am still busy STFW and STFA, but the little bit RM> that I have found has lead me towards trying to understand COM RM> (eek!). Before I go down that particular garden path, I would like RM> to know if there is any chance of success with PHP, or should I RM> look at non-PHP alternatives to access the DLL (e.g. C?) If the DLL has a COM interface then you can use PHP to talk to it, the process is actually quite straight forward (depending on what the DLL actually does of course). Best regards, Richard Davey -- http://www.launchcode.co.uk - PHP Development Services "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them." - Isaac Asimov -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php