this isn't really enough data to go on. What operating system (sounds like win2k/XP), does Crystal reports and unnamed accounting software have COM hooks?
Look at Simon Brunning posts: http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/000652.html http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/279003 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
