Thank you Roy, Matthew, Raul and Tim

One of you assumed correctly that I only want to connect to the second
server (actually a colleague's notebook!) if the first server failed to
respond.

In the words of the Master (Tim)

<< Not currently, no. >>

OK, I'll I can live with it.

Thanks again

Jeff.

Jeff,

<< OK, I'll I can live with it. >>

I'm looking at a technique that may work and allow for a new RemoteConnectionTimeout property, so stay tuned....

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com