>I have a routine that creates a TEMP table of the same structure as original. Here is the code:
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>select ORIG_FILE
>local array aDbfStruct[1]
>afields( aDbfStruct )
>create table TEMP_COPY from array aDbfStruct
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>But on the line Create Table TEMP_COPY from array aDbfStruct I get the following error:
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>Feature is not supported for non-.DBC tables
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>What could be wrong with this table?

It could be using some of dbc-only properties (default values, triggers, long field names, nulls etc). Set a breakpoint on the create table command, and in the debugger look at the aDbfStruct array. If there's anyting non-default in any columns beyond the 5th, that's it.

You may be better off with

select * from orig_file into cursor temp_copy readwrite nofilter;
   where .f.

In the end, if you really want the content of the cursor in a free table for later, you can copy it out by a simple copy command.