Thanks, I'll have to look into FoxFire! some more. I downloaded the
demo but, since you can't create reports in the demo, I've no way
of knowing whether it allows access to the tables. You're saying
that it doesn't right?

Can anyone else on the UT verify that? Thanks

>Larry,
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> oh, I get it now. FoxFire would probably be what you're looking for.
> There's a ProMatrix-FoxFire link available as an "extra added option" <g>.
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>Hank
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>>It is no different from VFP native, but I'm looking for a way to allow
>users to create their own reports and the first effort was with Query
>Maker. Query Maker does not use a 'report designer' per se so there is not
>access to tables. I like this. The next effort was with Visual ProMatrix.
>It seems that a framework that provides such strict and robust security
>features should at least make the tables 'read-only' in the report
>designer. Otherwise, all of the security measures are moot, unless of
>course, only the system administrator is allowed to create reports.