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Thanks for your suggestion which seems to be close to what I am looking for. The Winsock control seems manageable enough. What is your opinion on speed and security when sending data this way?

Is STX/ETX delimiter some kind of special character to mark the end of each record? Also I can't seem to find anything about the ACK/NAK protocol you are mentioning. Could you shed some light on this?

Regards

Petter


>The best way to communicate with Java and VFP is over TCP/IP using sockets. It is simple and reliable way of communicating. Java has them built in (you have to import the proper class file) and with VFP you can use the Winsock control.
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>I suggest you also have an STX/ETX delimiter for your record as well as ACK/NAK protocol to let the sending app know you are ready to receive more records.
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