Web Services and SOAP are good because they're standards which make everything easier. My advice is to read up on web services (for security and other questions) at:
articles section here on the universalthread
msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro
www.west-wind.com/articles

>Claude,
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>(1) Is there any better way than "web service and xmlfromcursor/xmltocursor"?
>(2) Any security concern if I use web service?
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>Thank you very much for your advice.
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>~Sheldon