An interisting tidbit from http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~HelloWorld~VFP
demonstrates how random it is.

? CHR(INT(RAND(37769.1)*26+65))+;
CHR(INT(RAND()*26+65))+;
CHR(INT(RAND()*26+65))+;
CHR(INT(RAND()*26+65))+;
CHR(INT(RAND()*26+65))+;
" "+ ;
CHR(INT(RAND(1612256)*26+65))+ ;
CHR(INT(RAND()*26+65))+ ;
CHR(INT(RAND()*26+65))+ ;
CHR(INT(RAND()*26+65))+ ;
CHR(INT(RAND()*26+65))



>Hi, Terry/All,
>
>I was just wonder how random is VFP's random number generator?
>I'm sure it's a pseudo-random-number generator, but to what
>degree? Besides the initial seed, can we feed the thing a seed
>array for better entropy? I'm kinda wondering what's the period
>of the generator? What I'm getting at is this: How secure is
>the generator, and would anyone say it's good enough for encryption
>purposes?
>
>Randall