Hi,
Look at Message # 941950

>>> This is a known problem with vfp3, to fix it create a dummy alpha 15
>>> field at the beginning of the file, it will catch the corruption and
>>> leave the other alone.
>>> You can periodically zap the contents of the field.
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>I've never come accross this one before. Is there a specific environment where it occurs? Any documentation on it? I did search MSDN but maybe I did not get my wording right!
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>Thanks Neil
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>Gary.