Where we run into problems is using the file() function. Without filescan rights, the file() function will never find the file.

Other than that though, things do seem to work now ... I did a quick test. (unfortunately, I accidently tested live data. I hate it when I do that.) <g>


>>>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.
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>I have a big client that does it - latest Novell and VFP6 - with no problems.