thank  you Lisa.   I got the AI script for leveraging WinScp's .net extensibility to build.   You inspired me.

The fireAgain reference is , i guess, meant to be a reference to...

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i believe i added the winscpnet dll to gac locally issuing the gacutil command from the vs developer command prompt.   I understand i'll need to do the same later on...

winscp's items need to be in GAC for that reference to be added.   been years but i'll try to go down that path.

ai approach going down the winscp path

generic AI script recommendation...this is part of it...

2 challenges so far.    I'll post my progress here.  I'm using vs2022.

if i use the more generic approach shown by AI in my first image (posted separately) , i...

setting the protection level to "dont save" didnt at least allow me to "test the connection".   nor did following that up with the "passive" check box.   i'm moving on to...

thx lisa and steve.   simply reducing the number of rabbit holes like you guys have done is invaluable.

before i go the code route, i may try toggling one of those...

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