>Hello Brett;
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>I have never encountered the problem you describe. I have tried a few simple implementations to see if I could trick VFP into trying to use a table with a use statement following a copy to file statement. So far VFP seem to know when the new table has been created and is available for use.
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>I am on Win95 on a Novell 4.0 network -- If that may make a difference. I think I'll try it again at home on standalone Win95. If that gives me an error I'll let you know.
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>I would be interested in the results of your investigation if you would care to let me know your conclusions.
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>Regards,
>
>JME

I am also using Win 95 and a Novell Network to hold our databases. I will try to remember this post and if we come up with a concrete example that does it all the time I will post it. Thanks for your interest.