>If you enter the below code in the command window or a program and the table does not exists or is not opened, then the VFP Open table dialog displays.
>
>***
>REPLACE table1.field1 WITH y
>***
>
>Is there any way to avoid the dialog and just generate an error message?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jerry
You are using VFP9,
There is SET TABLEPROMPT OFF
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.