Hiya Rox ---
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>Maybe not a problem... my next question was going to be, "So ok, I set up my business rule in a table, give my users an Automation Server to do their thing in M$ Office tools, but how can I be sure my dbc is secure/safe from the power user that tries to tap it directly (without Automation Server) or via ODBC? Or is this what you mean by locking out the casual user?

Since DBCs have no inherent security and VFP OLE objects will not allow UI stuff I would say the only way to do that is network level write/delete security and/or ODBC passwords (which can be messy)