Eron Lloyd wrote:

Hey, it's not that big a deal... he had a question, he found the answer. It's that kind of attitude that scares people off. Please be more respectful of

others on the list, as quite frankly, this IS the place newbies ask questions.

Accentuating the positive vibes,

Eron

I mailed Svante separately, and he's actually fine. I even sympathise with his point. However, as for the answer, it's not that simple. I've had problems with environment variables for NT services before, and I'll bet that others are having problems too, so it is worth elaborating them here. What has confused me here, and when I was trying to install DCOracle2 immediately after installing the Oracle client software, is that any changes to the systems environment variables will not be inherited by services until after the machine has been rebooted. So, this time setting Z_REALM as an environment variable had no effect, and when trying to run DCOracle2 it could not find oci.dll because the oracle\bin folder wasn't on the path. Open a command prompt and the variables are there, run a service and they aren't. One reboot later everything is fine. Perhaps it should have been obvious that the environment varianbles were inherited from the parents environment, not picked up from the registy or somewhere, but I bet this catches a lot of people out. Neil ********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is not the addressee, you are hereby notified that you have received this e-mail in error and you must not copy, disseminate, distribute, use or take any action as a result of the information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify postmaster@npower.com (UK 01384 275454) and delete it immediately from your system. Neither Npower nor any of the other companies in the Innogy group from whom this e-mail originates accept any responsibility for losses or damage as a result of any viruses and it is your responsibility to check attachments (if any) for viruses. Npower Limited Registered office: Windmill Hill Business Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon SN5 6PB. Registered in England and Wales: number 3653277 This e-mail may be sent on behalf of a member of the Innogy plc group of companies. **********************************************************************