One note on the observation about Access. If MS encapsulated Dbf's into an Access like
MDB we too could have security. Unfortunatelly we would also receive Access's lack
of speed. It is a trade-off on security, if you want real security you have to give up some
of your speed.
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>>>Jim,
>>> I tried this but I get 'variable glMyVariable is not found'. Can you please explain exactly where and how to insert this variable?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>Bill,
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>>In the startup program you can declare PRIVATE glMyVariable and assign it a vlaue of .T. just before the read events is issued. That way the variable exists if the user is runing your app, it doesn not exist if the user is trying to get at the data without running your app.
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>Jim,
> Perhaps I'm missing the point but I am still able to open the table I tested with the VFP command window and also from Excel. By the way, where is MyValidCheck() defined.
> Also, it can be noted that Access has security for the .mdb file. Microsoft certainly didn't tell Access users to upgrade to SQL Server if they wanted security (just an observation).
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>Thanks,