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15/10/2016 12:28:21
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15/10/2016 12:02:23
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 8 SP1
OS:
Windows Server 2016
Network:
Windows Server 2016
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Application:
Desktop
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01641841
Message ID:
01641989
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49
This makes sense.
>A dbf is usually kept open for some time, which makes it vulnerable. An XML-file is usually only open for a very short time, so it is typically NOT vulnerable, like when you use XMLToCursor().
>
>>What I mean is if you have an XML on the server and the VFP code (e.g. XMLTOCURSOR()) converts it to a cursor (which is pretty much the same as DBF but is stored in local drive), would server SMB affect it?
>>
>>Because I do get the error messages similar to what Cyrus got "cannot read a file". And I thought that if I were to convert all DBF files that are stored on the server to XML, maybe it would eliminate the problem.
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>>>How do you convert XML into a DBF without opening a DBF?
>>>
>>>>PMFJI, do you know if SMB affects VFP converting XML file to a DBF? Or it is only when VFP application opens DBF/FTP files?
>A dbf is usually kept open for some time, which makes it vulnerable. An XML-file is usually only open for a very short time, so it is typically NOT vulnerable, like when you use XMLToCursor().
>
>>What I mean is if you have an XML on the server and the VFP code (e.g. XMLTOCURSOR()) converts it to a cursor (which is pretty much the same as DBF but is stored in local drive), would server SMB affect it?
>>
>>Because I do get the error messages similar to what Cyrus got "cannot read a file". And I thought that if I were to convert all DBF files that are stored on the server to XML, maybe it would eliminate the problem.
>>
>>>How do you convert XML into a DBF without opening a DBF?
>>>
>>>>PMFJI, do you know if SMB affects VFP converting XML file to a DBF? Or it is only when VFP application opens DBF/FTP files?
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