>Hi Washington,
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>>I need to protect my dbf files in a networked environment.
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>I would just create a wrapper for the USE statement that allows a password to be validated.
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>Any time you use a USE, do: Use(), then create a prg (named Use of course:-) to check a password and open the table (assuming the pasword is OK)

Thanks for the response. I do not think I explained myself clear. I want to be able to stop anybody from accessing my dbfs files using foxpro or any utility that might read dbf files