>While this won't actually prevent them from opening the files, you can turn off "F"ile scan access to the database directory. They will not actually be able to see the files when you do this.
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This is actually what we used to do under Fox for DOS. However, we found that we had problems with that once we moved to Visual Fox.

>Also, moving to a MS server will provide nothing over a Novell server if you still use fox tables.
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This is true, however, we have an extremely small IT staff and the fewer different OSes they have to mess with the better. That's really what's driving the move to MS from Novell.