At 12:00 AM 05-12-02 +0100, you wrote:

>Alan,
>
>this application of mine is just for my private fun and not intented to see
>any PC outside my house. But anyway, your comment is a very good point so I
>will just stick with assigning path and server separately and spend the app
>a few more edit fields to specify path and server manually in case the
>remote machine cannot be seen.

then why not simply set the connection's LoginPrompt property to true? If
you don't care about security, set PasswordStorage to psNotSecure and enter
all of the other connection props, including username and password, in the
IDE. At runtime you will have a complete login dialog, all the work
already done for you.

Helen