>>I received a call today from a military base on the coast that is using my new VFP application. Well using is not the word really stealing is the word. Previously they were using my old 2.6 app and decided that they wanted the data more than the app so they contracted someone to extract the data from the app into access. So they can then create an app to show their bosses how great they are and how good the data is. I reported this abuse to my boss who told me that we all work for the same tax payer and if our app can help them get a better handle on their data then let them just go ahead. So now we have since moved to our new VFP app and low and behold they call me and state that their access tables no longer work and could I help them get my data from VFP to access. So I am posting it here as I have never worked with access 97. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
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>They can import but not link to bound tables. They have to choose the misleading option "Microsoft FoxPro 3.0 (*.dbc) and select the tables they want from it. I guess it's possible that they are actually competent in Access but don't know the confusing import options related to VFP and FP2.x.
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>One of the users of our vfp data asked for an Access version of that data so she could do her own thing with it. I told my colleague that this non-programmer would end up needing further coding (at least the sorting function) in order to actually do anything, and that she ought to be able to use our application.

That worked for me, so it should work for him. It really is a little misleading.

I also believe that these people will need further coding too, but that will have to come from their own people, unless they pay my overhead rate for me to solve their problems.

Thanks...