just spotted your reply!

>The confusion comes from the fact that this change wasn't documented in VFP9 help.
>You have to change table codepage to the current codepage if you want Rushmore to work. If you want to convert data to the current codepage, use COPY TO command. If you want to change codepage only, use cpzero.prg from VFP Tools\Cpzero subdirectory.

whats the difference between converting the data to the current codepage and just changing the codepage only?