If the exe is running local and tempfiles are going to the local drive, the conversion will happen locally and it won't be affected by SMB on the server.
>What I mean is if you have an XML on the server and the VFP code (e.g. XMLTOCURSOR()) converts it to a cursor (which is pretty much the same as DBF but is stored in local drive), would server SMB affect it?
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>Because I do get the error messages similar to what Cyrus got "cannot read a file". And I thought that if I were to convert all DBF files that are stored on the server to XML, maybe it would eliminate the problem.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer