Shawn might have a better handle on the answer, but if the Facility ID is zero, you won't see a problem. If a COM object is referenced and properly sets the Facility ID to a non-zero value, you'll see what's described in my first post. It was the root of a long and tedious troubleshooting session. I'm trying to recreate the code that illustrated the problem - I deciphered it from the error value that was displayed on my screen (thanks to a 999 line screen buffer).

Glenn
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