>This VFP9 app accesses a VFP database.
Where would the data be relative to the developers using the COM?

>We were thinking of creating a wrapper for our business classes and returning an XML string containing the VFP cursor to the developer. Is this an acceptable approach?

It's a good approach. I have read - but I am not an expert - that ADO may be more efficient (speedier) object (in some cases) than XML.