>I would like to access old DBF (Foxplus Tables) on a UNIX server at
>a different location on another server. My problem is it takes a long
>time to access the data over 128K connection. Is there any other way
>to make it faster.
>

Short of implementing an ODBC-compliant server on the Unix box that works with .DBF files at the server end, probably not. If you're doing repeated accesses of the data and it's being used read-only (ie your app at the different location doesn't update the files, but repeatedly reads against the data, especially if you're opening and closing the remote .DBF a lot) you'll probably get significantly better performance by copying the table from the remote server to a local drive and using the local copy.

>How do I go about simulating a client/server access where I just want
>to get the results?

You can use parametized views, switching from local views serviced directly by VFP to remote views serviced by an ODBC-compliant server application when you have a server to go against.

>I've read that Visual FoxPro is a Client/Server
>application what do I need to do, so that I can access the data from 3
>different locations and server.
>

VFP can work in a client/server environment, but it is dependent on a database server, not a file server, to provide access to the data. Both file servers and database servers operate in a client/server fashion; one machine provides access to its resources (the server) for a remote or out-of-process requester (the client.) The type of server determines the type of interface to the server resources provided to the client. A file server makes files available to another system as if the files were located locally; it accepts traditional file operations (read/write/seek) against the files, but the client is responsible for doing higher level operations against the file. A database server makes the content of the database accessible not via traditional file-level accesses, but through a SQL interface, accepting SQL commands and where appropriate returning result sets to the client. IOW, a connection to a file server does not equate to C/S database access.

Ed