>>...and not possible in some cases to do what you suggest with the COM object
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>Everything is possible with COM objects in VFP now. Its just require another approach and another kind of organization. And that approach more simple and more powerful. You may disagree here because you know file-system programming well and know little about COM, so COM looks too complex for you. From my POV COM is much better.

I meant that not all network infrastructures have the ability to run a remote COM Server... And it's like fighting the government to get them to install anything out of the ordinary.