Hi,

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The first question is does the path specified above need to be an absolute path, can it be relative, relative to the EXE etc?
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Use absolute addressing.

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Second question is regarding the registration, will:
CRYPT_REGISTER("TABLE1", "password") be sufficient for both files, or does each file need to be registered separately and do they require the exact same path as the ENCODE operation?
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That would register all files named TABLE1 on all drives - OK but I'd probably be more specific. If these are VFP tables use something like:
CRYPT_REGISTER("C:\ROOT\DATA1\TABLE1.*) to include possible index and memo files.

HTH,
Viv