>About ten years ago there was discussion about how you could modify the .dbf header so that the user could not copy a database structure.
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>I am about to create a demo, where the database structure(s) themselves have inherent value. Thus I would like to prevent anyone from being able to just lift the structures, while allowing the program to work.
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>Does anyone have any insight as to the practicality of doing this?
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>Thanks.

Let's make an assumption that this can be done. Would it still prevent the following?

use demotable
list structure to print

If this is a demo, you could include the tables, database, etc. in the project and compile it all into the EXE or APP. Then there is ReFox that could defeat this.