>Is the a reason why M$ can't give us an event that fires before the table is loaded to allow us to institute some pseudo security?
This is a request that MS is aware of, but it won't hurt to request it again. You can add it to the VFP 7.0 wish list here in the Documents section. That list is periodically forwarded to the Fox team.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer