Kevin,

>The reason why I want to encrypt the files is because two of the files has 
>SSN. The SSN and the name are field that are being indexed.

You could just encrypt the SSN value and save the encrypted value in the SSN 
field. This would also work with standard DBF files (DBFDBE) and would also 
remove the SSN (clear-text) values from the Index files. I'm also not sure 
how reliable it is to use FOXDBE-encrypted database files, specifically with 
regard to index and data corruptions, so I wouldn't use them in production 
environments myself.

>As I mentioned above I am currently using dbf file. I have an very old copy 
>of dbase III+ which is allowing me to view the dbase file.
>What programs can I used to view the Fox file?

There are several options. The simplest is to re-compile (the Clipper) DBU 
program with Xbase++ and use the DBEs that you would like to use, or add a 
feature to select different DBEs.

Another, more sophisticated option, is to use Clayton Jones xDBU, which is 
available for download from the Top Down repository, hosted by Alaska. See 
the public.topdown news group for details on downloading it.

There also some commercial tools available.

Hope that helps,

Andreas

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