>>I remember some discussion of a COM "boundary layer". I'm looking for some confirmation.
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>>If a VFP app accesses SQL Server and the VFP app uses a middle tier that is not compiled as a DLL, that app can access the cursors directly.
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>>However with COM, the data would have to be passed from the COM object to the VFP app, probably with XML or something else. Don't tell me this is a negligible performance hit, just confirm that it exists, please.
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>Yes, you're correct.

Good thanks.