pcAnywhere OLE awConnect() Issue

[cruford]

Background info - I'm querying a database to get userid and IP address (scraped at login) and display it to the users in this VB application. All of it is working except the call to launch the CHF file. Below is the code for my onClick event. I can even see the CHF file launch (and see AWREM32.exe in the task manager) but as soon as it establishes a connection, it closes the remote connect and focus goes right back to the application. Anyone have any ideas why or see what i'm doing wrong?

  On Error GoTo Err_cmdConnect_Click
  Dim RemoteDataManager As Object
  Dim RemoteDataObject As Object
  Dim oApp As Object
  Set oApp = CreateObject("AWREM32.Application")
  Dim objFSO As New FileSystemObject
  
  Set RemoteDataManager = CreateObject("WINAWSVR.REMOTEDATAMANAGER")
  If objFSO.FileExists(RemoteDataManager.CurrentDirectory & "template.chf") Then
    objFSO.DeleteFile RemoteDataManager.CurrentDirectory & "template.chf", True
  End If
  RemoteDataManager.CreateObject "Template.chf"
  Set RemoteDataObject = RemoteDataManager.RetrieveObject("template.chf", ViewAndModify, "")
  RemoteDataObject.ComputerName = Replace(m_sIP, " ", "")
  RemoteDataObject.ConnectionType = "TCP/IP"
  RemoteDataObject.AutoLoginName = "***"
  RemoteDataObject.AutoLoginPassword = "***"
  RemoteDataObject.WriteObject (0)
  oApp.awConnect RemoteDataManager.CurrentDirectory & "Template.chf"
  
Exit_cmdConnect_Click:
  Set objFSO = Nothing
  Set RemoteDataManager = Nothing
  Set RemoteDataObject = Nothing
  Set oApp = Nothing
  Exit Sub
  
Err_cmdConnect_Click:
  MsgBox Err.Description
  Resume Exit_cmdConnect_Click