>Is there a DBC on the server?

No, only free tables.

>What protocol are you using to access the data (i.e. ODBC)?

I have this connection string:

This.cSQLStringConnect='Driver={Microsoft Visual FoxPro Driver};SourceType=DBF;SourceDB='+gcMainDbf+';Exclusive=No;Collate='+;
 'Machine;NULL=NO;DELETED=NO;BACKGROUNDFETCH=NO'
This.nHandle=SQLStringConnect(This.cSQLStringConnect)

>Can you access the DBF/DBC directly from code?

Yes, but that used to be the old approach. Now, I have scaled the search engine entirely on a decidated server. Once I have the cursor, I need to inner join that on the main table which resides on the main server.

>Can you have any code on the server?

Yes