heya! thx for the info Reeve of shinra!
hrm.. i've been in the waiting game for the next release of software too many times to wait-it-out for 3.1 (watch this, because i said that, it'll release today, heh!)
i've checked out all of those aps you've mentioned, and it very well may come to that!
i'm dealing w/ a G1 menalto gallery that is gigs in size and thousands of pictures deep. VBAdvanced Gallery has a beta import script, but other then that, the others at this point have no means of importing the G1 data into their system. hence my desire to try to get G2 to work.
you heard correctly on G2 (that you can use the same user/pass tables) and it's 'generically' spelt out on how to do it too. the main thing i need from VB3 is an entry point to call the G2 wrapper. although i think i'd go the user/pass sync route rather than a single table... easier, less room for error...
in essence, this is what i'm seeking atm - an entry point for G2 from VB3 to make a few function calls which will pass session data to G2.
i've got the wrapper written (i think), just don't know how to call it from the VB3 system!