A couple of days late (had some pet drama around the crib), but better late than never. Here's a great article about building smart clients . A worthy read if you are just now venturing into the big bad realm that is smart clients. Funny story about airport security in Amsterdam . I had the disdain of flying through Schipol a few months after 9/11...needless to say, I can sympathize with this guy. They ran the full gammut on me as well, literally tore my laptop apart, scanned my shoes (not a good...