>>>I have a Human Resources VP who is paranoid about transaction
>>>tables on a server. He wants me to write data in a system
>>>(that is already running) with ciphers coded into the source
>>>(eg multipling all salaries by .93331 when writing and by
>>> some corresponding figure when displaying).
>>>
>>>I think doing this is begging for a disaster. Is there any
>>>way to protect tables from a rogue with a VPF cd?
>>>
>>>Chris
>>
>>
>>Here's a thought.
>>
>>Include the DBC in the application file and DELETE it from the user accessible data directory. (Keep a copy in you development directory of course). Now, the tables should only be accessible when opened from within the application. Even someone with VFP may not be able to open the tables because they can't find the DBC!
>>
>>Bob
>
>
>OK...Here's one for you. go to a DOS prompt and TYPE table.dbf, where table.dbf is any dbf that belongs to a DBC.....WOW!!! I can read the data.
>
>Craig


No, try this :-
copy table.dbf con /b