Jim (and all.....)

>>Maybe, since .NET can do OLEDB, you should use DBCs and DBFs for the .NET >>part.
>>Seems equitable to me since OLEDB is a 'native' access method for .NET.

I see no real issue with this idea. We could use OLEDB as our mechanism for accessing data. So is the idea this... We use the OLEDB provide in Fox and .NET seeing how they both support OLEDB

We just need some type of apples to apples comparison here. I will agree that NO other tool works like fox with its native data access. But I will also say that the majority of the world doesn't work like this. The majority of the world works in a set based environment. They bring down to the desktop a reasonable amount of data and work on that. Is this a valid assumption ?

Thanks
Rodman