OMG, that's funny! I hadn't noticed it was you!

Hank

>>>>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...
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>>I believe this has the code you are looking for: http://forum.strataframe.net/PrintTopic9424.aspx
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>>It's aimed toward .Net, but it will just be easier in Rails.
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>>hth,
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>>Hank
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>>PS: I googled on: cryptor vfpoledb
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>Hi Hank,
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>You totally surprised me with that reference! It is the exact same problem I am trying to solve again, now using Ruby on Rails.
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>I gave up on Strataframe and .NET long ago and I didn't have any code left other than the one you sent in that message. Thanks for that.
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>Alex