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>Hi Rod. I dont know about anybody else here but I must say I'm impressed.

You and everyone else should be....

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800GB is an awesome database. There is no way, imo, that one could even consider using DBF for a database of this size.
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Yep...I would say the "euro-tunnel" app has been knocked off its perch... More accurately, it was knocked off several years ago...

>Could VFP have been used as a frontend for that database?

VFP was used as the front end. VFP 6 to be exact. And, VFP 6 is the current version.

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Was the decision to go VS.Net based on technical merit of .Net vs VFP, or was it MS marketing of VS.Net, or client requirements, or...?
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The app was placed into service long before .NET came into the picture.