Hi,

what you can do is destroying the header of your dbf files after saving the original header and closing the file.

e.g.
create a wrapper for oppening and closing tables
in the opening wrapper "repair" the header
in the closing wrapper "destroy" the header

this way is very simple, but most people can't open these files.

regards

Franz

>>Hi Washington,
>>
>>>I need to protect my dbf files in a networked environment.
>>
>>I would just create a wrapper for the USE statement that allows a password to be validated.
>>
>>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