CLEAR CREATE CURSOR crsTest (Name M NOCPTRANS, nAME2 M nocptrans) oCrypto = Newobject("_cryptapi", HOME()+[FFC\_crypt.vcx]) #DEFINE NOCSP_Lines_of_code "The required Crypto Service Provider is not installed or not functioning properly on this system." IF !OCrypto.GetIsInstalled() MESSAGEBOX(NOCSP_Lines_of_code) RETURN .F. ENDIF LOCAL lcEncryptedStream,lcPassword,lcKey lcEncryptedStream = '' lcDecryptedStream = '' lcPassWord = "Christine" lcKey = "Secret Password" IF ocrypto.EncryptSessionStreamString(lcPassWord, lcKey, @lcEncryptedStream) ELSE IF ocrypto._cryptapi.GetDoubleEncryptError() MESSAGEBOX("Sorry, you cannot double-encrypt this text.") ELSE MESSAGEBOX("Error: "+MESSAGE()) ENDIF RETURN ENDIF ?lcEncryptedStream APPEND BLANK REPLACE name WITH STRCONV(lcEncryptedStream,15), nAME2 WITH lcPassWord lcfield=STRCONV(name,16) ? lcfield ? lcfield == lcEncryptedStream lcDecryptedStream = SPACE(200) mresult=ocrypto.DecryptSessionStreamString(lcfield, lcKey, @lcDecryptedStream) ?lcDecryptedStream browBTW you used EncryptSessionBlockString but DecryptSessionStreamString not DecryptSessionBlockString