Thanks Mike - took a quick look and it will probably do the job.

Albert

>>Hi all,
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>>I am sure this should be a commonly asked question: anyone use either a Windows set of functions or a fairly inexpensive piece of software from someone else to encrypt a few fields in a table? Also, an article on same would be great if it is a Windows .dll that is being called.
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>I think you might be able to use MaxFrame's X8ED.PRG