>>>Does anyone know what 'protocol' is used by VFP to connect the user from their desktop to the VFP application and database on the server? I've checked MSDN Knowledge base but to no avail.
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>>This isn't handled by VFP, it's handled by the OS. VFP uses whatever network protocol is set up on the client and server boxes (usually TCP/IP) for network connectivity.
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>Thanks, Erik
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>I suspected as much but when they pressed me on it, I wasn't sure if I hadn't slept through the 'VFP-Network Protocol' class about five years back <s>.
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>Mark

But if you are using the Novell client, with Windows 95 and VFP applications, you may have some problems if using the TCP/IP protocol, versus IPX.. We are having this problem right now, and have found no other solution than to use the IPX protocol...