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Need some help!

I've posted this one previously in a few .ms-windows.nt. groups but 
with no luck yet.

I am trying to schedule a 16-bit VB/ODBC application to run using the
AT command. I am using NT Server 3.5.

At least three question arises.

QUESTION NO 1:
Is it possible to connect to an ODBC source 
using the System account for Schedule? (the ODBC
source is pointing to a SQL-server database on the same
machine).

QUESTION NO 2:
Is it possible to start a 16 bit VB application using AT/Schedule?

QUESTION NO 3:
This is a more general one. What can and can't be done using NT in
the field of scheduling jobs. What are the limitations? Is there any
other way to accomplish what I am trying to do?

Below is a short description of what I tried to do.

When I start Schedule using the System account with the switch
"Allow Service to Interact with Desktop" selected the app starts.
But when the app is doing an automatic  login to an ODBC source
the login failes with error message:

"SQLState: '01000', SQL Server Error: 2, [Microsoft][ODBC SQL
Server Driver][DBNMPNTW]ConnectionOpen (CretateFile()).
Connection Failed: SQLState: '08001', SQL Server Error: 0
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Unable to connect to data source"

It is my app formatting the message but it's comming from the
ODBC driver. After this message the default login dialog for the ODBC
driver displays. When I try to select a database in the combo box the 
same error occurs again.

When my first attempt failed I started Schedule using an
ordinary user account (I created a user with membership in the
Administrators group). This didn't even start the VB app! The
only thing showing was an error message: "Unexpected error,
quitting!".

Instead of trying to start my app I let AT start Notepad.
This went fine. A also tried som other 32-bit apps and they seemed
to work allright. Then I tried several 16-bit applications, none of
them orked all the way. They either gave me the Unexpected messsage
or didn't say anything at all or came halfway before quitting. I even
tried the simplest VB app possible. It too gave me Unexpected....

I have not tried using 32-bit VB yet.

Any suggestions and hints are very welcome!

-- Orjan

Orjan Esperi
Business Objects AB
Zachaus Grans 7
S-451 30 UDDEVALLA
SWEDEN