>I think it may help. She replied that she did figure this out! She is now using
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>select CAST(frt_file as Blob) as frt_binary, layoutname, CAST(frx_file as Blob) as frx_binary… and it works for her.

Apparently, using the VFP's own Oledb driver might work. In my case, I was using the generic .Net Framework OleDb driver. That might explain.

This is my definition of the Imports namespace in the Data class:

Imports System.Data.OleDb
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Data.Odbc

As I had to rely only on .NET specific drivers, I was using that one. As she uses VFP driver, I doubt she would run into the same problems.