>Forgive this really dumb question ... but
>
>how does the above coding change allow one to access web data instead of local data.
>
>Ultimately you open the customer table with the command
>
>USE HOME(2) + 'Tastrade\Data\Customer.dbf'
>
>isnt that local?
>
>could you clarify what
>"Session OLEPUBLIC" means... ?
>
>are building a .dll that sits on a machine at the different IP address and then 'SERVES' the data via XML ?
>
>If indeed accessing web data between two machines is this simple...
>I'm buying VFP 7 tomorrow.


Yes.

DEFINE CLASS customerdataXML AS Session OLEPUBLIC

says to create a class, based on the session base class, which he uses because it is non-visual, lightweight. OLEPUBLIC says he wants to create it as a COM object (DLL), that can be instanced separately, from other objects, even from other languages and apps, like VB, VC++, Excel, whatever can deal with COM.

Inside that DLL, he opens the data locally and exchanges data with other COM objects and apps using XML.

>I'm buying VFP 7 tomorrow.
Good! Buy it today. You will like it! (and SP1 is already out too)!