>what is the better way to hide a table from my users?
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>i tried "including" these tables in my project but i need to write to these tables so i get a "cannot update cursor".
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>i do not want to simply hide the table by changing it's properties. can anyone help me?
You can give your table a not-so-obvious name, location, and extension, like c:\windows\system\MyConfig.ini.
But if you want this kind of security, you may be better of with a C/S solution. The basic problem with native VFP tables is that it doesn't offer you built-in database security, like a database server.
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