>What's available to allow one of my system's users to work from home with a copy of his VFP executable so that he can read and update the VFP file server machine on the LAN at his office ... just like he does (other than for speed) at the office?
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>Bob

You can setup a VPN network so that he can log into the network while he is at home. Another option is to use remote desktop to his machine at the office and just use the VFP executable on it. Either of these can require some setup work to get gong depending upon their network.