>>I need to access VFP tables encrypted with Cryptor from a Ruby on Rails app. I plan to use VfpOleDb.dll to read the tables and send information to Ruby.
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>>Cryptor encrypts and unencrypts data on the fly but it needs to be set up. How do you tell VfpOleDb.dll to run a VFP exe (which will call Cryptor).
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>>TIA,
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>>Alex
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>Call from Ruby a COM component writen in vfp or run a server process offering txt/json text via web interface with a server able to call up a vfp COM component.
>You might do it in C as well, but root canal treatment would be nice compared to it for my taste...

I believe this has the code you are looking for: http://forum.strataframe.net/PrintTopic9424.aspx

It's aimed toward .Net, but it will just be easier in Rails.

hth,

Hank

PS: I googled on: cryptor vfpoledb