>>PMFJI, do you know if SMB affects VFP converting XML file to a DBF? Or it is only when VFP application opens DBF/FTP files?
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>I don't see how would that matter. SMB is about filesystem, so file control blocks, handles, locks at the raw bunch-of-bytes-on-disk level. File types don't even exist at that level, file types are for launching apps or for apps to decide what to do with them.
Please see me reply to Craig where I clarified what I mean.
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