Hard to achieve this. The DBF format is well known and you can find a lot of utilities that can read/write DBF tables. For better security I recommand you a client-servet database, if is very important.

Encryption utilities like Cryptor (from XiTech, Refox creators) can help.


>I have finally got around to looking at the dbc events and am searching for a good way to lock out of a database other applications such as excel or another instance of VFP. I'm working on a proposal that needs some tight security but I as a developer do not want to be forever inserting a password or some such thing every time VFP wants to open the database.
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>I need to make sure that the only access to the database is through the application or myself as a developer.
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>Thanks,
>Steve