Bruce,   Thank you for your excellent explanation.  This will work
great.  Dave

--- In [email protected], "brucexs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "dave5851" <hotrod@> 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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