>Hi
>
>I am using Free Tables in my project.
>I don't want my user's to access tables from Visual Foxpro.
>Can I use Database for this ?
>Or I have to use Microsoft Access as Database ?
>I don't have much knowledge on Access. So How much effort
>is required for this ?
>Since I am using more than 50 tables in my project.
>What will be the amount of work involved in this ?
>
>Can anyone pl. guide me on this.
>
>Thanx in Advance.
>
>Ashish Patel

VFP doesn't have a built-in command to encrypt / password protect a file. You still have options, however. You can use a database server that supports encryption and password protection. This might be Access, but I would suggest you investigate a professional database server, like Oracle or SQL Server. There are free solutions as well, like MySQL, PostGreSQL, and Microsoft MSDE (similar to SQL Server, but limited to 5 users, and 2 GB data). I don't know the capacities of each one of these.

You can also encrypt VFP tables with third-party tools. Search at www.halogram.com.

HTH, Hilmar.