>>As an alternative to SQLite you can use MariaDB.
>>You need the bin and data folder and start the database using a command like the following:
>>start "MySQL DB" /min bin\mysqld --console --max_allowed_packet=128M --port=63306

Thanks Christian. I'll check it out- but it's an extra step and past experience is that many external users think complexity of subject matter translates to complexity of installation requiring immediately available (emergency) vendor assistance when they decide to install. So it absolutely needs to be KISS! Perhaps this is another of the remaining benefits of VFP- that as long as you avoid Common Controls and other ActiveX, it's easy to talk somebody through unzipping/copying files that should work immediately on practically any PC.