>is there a way to hide or encrypt the passwords in users.dbf so
>a person cannot use VFP to examine the passwords ?
>i am using MM v3.02 on VFP5.
>TIA
>Dave.

Look at SYS(2007) - this is what I use. It returns a numeric value. You have to watch for blanks on the end of strings - these change the value so all operations that check the password have to be absolutely identical.