>I know there are many good encryption codes out there to encrypt / decrypt data in certain fields in a table, but is there anything one could use to encrypt / decrypt a whole table, or simply secure viewing the table outside of the program so encrypting the fields is not even necessary?
I'm pretty sure you can use Craig Boyd's encryption library to encrypt a whole table.
http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/spsblog/2009/08/09/MajorVFPEncryptionUpdate.aspxTamar