>Anyone know of a good, tight little OCX (or other class library) that offers 'robust' encryption like DES? The application here will pass sensitive data over an 'open' Internet connection via ODBC (to a mySQL d/b) and I need to have the data strongly encrypted and then read from the d/b and unencrypted on the other side by Perl and PHP scripts. So, something that uses certs would be ideal but pass-phrase based encryption would probably be ok too. I suppose I'm looking for something that would be 'compatible' with "mcrypt.so" for PHP, or one of Crypt::DES, Crypt::Blowfish or Crypt::RSA for Perl. Any suggestions welcomed including commercial solicitations.

You do not need an ActiveX for with VFP7 or 8. They both come with a clas in _crypt.vcx that is a wrapper for the Windows CryptoAPI.

GO to the Component Gallery and look for the crypto sample form in the utilities menu. It shows you several samples of what you are loking for.

HTH