Have you considered using GridView to produce an Excel spreadsheet that is then saved as a PSV file? Or how about just using the export templates built into Adagio?

When you say the ODBC connection "doesn't work", are you sure that you have the correct SYS password on the command line or ODBC connection definition it's using? is the CaSiNg correct? How about leaving the workstation logged in and just "locking" the keyboard rather than logging out?

I doubt it's the splash screen causing the problem - and that's unlikely to disappear as it contains our copyright notice.