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I think this is the solution I was looking for. Thanks. (Two solutions in under an hour. This board rocks!)

Thanks - that works great! I forgot that you don't have to specify an executable with Windows.

This seems absurdly simple, but I've searched the help file and forum and came up dry. Basically, I was expecting to find something equivalent to FileCreateShortcut, except for web links, not file links. I know I can probably create the shortcut on my computer, then FileInstall the .lnk file, but I was looking for something a little more programmatic. Am I missing something obvious? Thanks.

In the helpfile index, typing "inireads" doesn't bring you to "IniReadSection", but typing "inireadt" will bring you to "IniReadSectionNames". It seems trivial, but I thought I'd mention it.

In case there is a needs-assesment going on right now, I just wanted to say that I, too, have need to connect to an ODBC database. I use AutoIt to control the application of updates to our clients. Sometimes that involves adding rows to a database table. Right now, we're (mis)using a tool we developed to alter database structure to do that job, but it's not pretty. I also want to commend everyone involved with this project. When I first found v2.0, I thought "Yeah, I might have a use for this." Then v3.0 came out, and I was amazed. Then, you added a GUI, and I realized that AutoIt had changed from a sidekick that I could use for simple tasks in place of "real" programming tools, to a real programming tool itself, but one that is (almost) exactly what I'm looking for. Kudos, bigtime.