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>>>Hye,
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>>>>how to do encrypt a free table?
>>>>
>>>>Gerry
>>>
>>>There are several third-party tools that can help you with that; look at www.hallogram.com.
>>>
>>>On the other hand, if you need this kind of features, which is not built-in into Visual FoxPro, you might also consider some client-server solution - most database servers can hide their data from prying eyes.
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>>I have always wondered why this was never built in.>
>
>Several reasons.
>Lack of standards at the early time that the DBF format came out.
>Lack of resources in a small VFP Team
>and a cynical person would also say lack of corporate desire to add another reason to compete with SQL Server.
Lack of resources: They could have bought the company that created Netlib.
Here's a webpage where they write about encryption:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B115476I've also visited Netlib's website. They are expensive these days!
BTW, I'm one of those cynical persons. :)
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