Hello Sylvain,

Not to be a nitpicker, but they aren't fully text files. The header contains binary data, and some of the datatypes (integer, for example), are not stored as plain text.

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But the point you are making is still valid. :)

>VFP 9.0 tables are still text files that can be opened and read by any applications that can connect to a ODBC source or by NotePad.
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>>Are there any enhancements in VFP 9.0 regarding database security or tables are still visible and can be opened in excel?