Gerry,

You can do whatever you want... I really do not care...

< JVP >

>>You can use whatever you want.... but if you say you are using XML - then that is not native data. Native Data in Fox is direct access to a VFP DBF. Client Data? Well that gets into a broader def - but you did not say client data - you said native data. Big difference.
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>I'm using "native" data (DBF's) for data on the "server" accessed by the "client"; and using "native" VFP XML functions to "transport" that "native" data between tiers (ie. client and server). I see no conflict.