SQL-Server is also being evaluated but the cost may be prohibitive to the project hence the research for using the VFP database considering VFP will be the front-end regardless of the database.

The reason for the question is because the DBF format is so well known and accessible by many products other than VFP. And that's the point, I need good code to prohibit that from happening.

Thanks,
Steve

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