>Let me clarify.
>
>I want to prevent someone from
>using a table at all, shared or not.
>
>I was thinking of modifing the header
>if the table with low level file
>functions, but I wanted to see if anyone
>else had any experience doing that.
>
>Thanks

You could do that, but once you've modified the table back to normal so it can be used by FoxPro (your APP), you no longer have ANY security. It does provide security when your APP is not running, though.