Here is my basic (sic) problem. I am connecting remotely via vpn, but the connection times out after an hour of inactivity. Well sometimes my programs run for hours against the Data Warehouse.

My solution was to write a program to wake up every 30 mins to access a remote directory and display the directory in a list box (or something like that). I have the timer thing down, but now need to access the network drive/directory to list the contents.

I just took a beginning VB class and they touched on this, but either I didn't grasp it or I just need help....

any ideas?

Thanks,Mike