Mark,
If you really want to get bureaucratic, roll out a copy of the 7 layer OSI model. Show them that VFP is in the application layer and merely makes calls to the OS to open files. The OS then uses the low level transport protocols to handle this stuff.

>Tom,
>Thanks for your reply, I just checked and our users, who all have Novell Client 32 installed on their desktops, use IPX as the Network protocol. I think the question that was put to me is really looking for some kind of grand answer when there is no special, proprietary protocol as such used by VFP (any more than is used by VS, Office, Lotus, or Borland apps, etc. for that matter). The OS does the controlling. Do you think I can get away with that kind of answer? No, it's not bureaucratic enough <g>.
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>Mark
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>>Mark,
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>>I would think a 'network protocol' would be something like TCP/IP, NetBIOS, etc. VFP uses whatever is configured in the OS.