>No way around it, VFP will run slow on a WAN because it needs to drag alot of data over the wire to open a table.
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>Check out the August issue of the FoxPro Advisor. There is an article on creating client server apps with VFP using OLE automation.
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>Charlie

If you are running applications over a WAn, this may be a really good time to consider a SQL back end, such as MS SQL server 7.