>I have over five years of FPD/W 2.x, but am still very new to VFP 5.0.
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>Many thanks in advance for your time and advice !!!!!!

Hi Jace,

I'm just getting past this same learning curve and have asked similar question in the recent past. There is an article in the Knowledge Base here (use Red Dice button)written by Scot Becker that answered all my qestion and is still on my desk (after printing it 3 months ago). You'll find under the "Articles External Links", "Client Server Category"... or just go to http://www.vitus.com/vfpcs.html site directly.

I'm sure you'll find this article as useful as I did for helping eliminate some of your questions. HTH :D)