Hi, thanks for the replies <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
. .just need something to make the ubb work like like this:-
(1)when user links to the ubb ultimatebb.cgi page check which site the user came from
(2)if the user came from the main ASP site, check for username and password that would be encoded in the link information that is clicked coming from that site (is that possible?)
(3)checks the sql server 2000 table of the ASP site to authenticate
(4)if correct then checks the flat file system to see if the member (using login name) is already there
(5)if not, automatically create a new member file
within the flat file system and continue as usual. .(automatic registration)
(6)if already there, take it that the user has already logged in (automatic login) and continue as usual . .

could the above be done without having to move the whole forum away from ubb.classic?

thanks again <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />