>JT, I agree with you on that. Filemaker pro has pretty good dev tools?
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>Can you build an exe file to distribute?
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>Thanks,
>Terrence

You can't create an executible, but you can create a database with certain elements read only, such as input forms and the like. I've seen some pretty slick commercial applications built this way. Go to http:\\www.claris.com. There is a lot of good info on FileMaker. They are up to version 5.5.