Actually if I may borrow a phrase ... been there done that and delivered the product. The M. B. Foster 32 bit ODBC is already in production (since Feb - beta'd in Jan). We provide ODBC access to hp3000's and hp9000's. A brief summary of features is as follows: DataExpress is the premier data extraction tool in the HP3000 community. It's feature set includes the following: - data input from Image, Allbase, KSAM, MPE flat files or combinations - data catalogs from Cognos and HP as well as our own utilities - output to many formats including reports, Lotus-123, Dbase, etc - ability to define and store procedures with optional run-time parameters - comprehensive "user profile" capabilities to control who can see what data - tight interface to WRQ products The ODBCLink option includes the following features: - 32bit drivers delivering NOW! - read and write access to data with specified security - TurboImage without Image/SQL (ie uses TurboImage intrinsics directly) - TPI support in native TurboImage - Allbase and Image/SQL - KSAM and MPE Flat files - simple data dictionary facility for KSAM and MPE Flat files - Cognos PDL dictionary support - interfaces to Impromptu, MS Access, Powerbuilder, MS Excel and many others - supports serial link (hard-wired plus modem connections) - supports winsock connections via lan - supports serial or lan connection via WRQ PPL For more information or to discuss how these tools could help you solve your data accessing problems, contact M.B. Foster at 613-448-2333. Birket Foster M. B. Foster Associates .. the 1-800-ANSWERS people! (613) 448-2333 or (613) 448-2588 (FAX) (Thanks for your support of our 32bit DataExpress ODBCLink Driver)