I wish I knew enough about it to give a real answer. I have read that a "new and improved" VFPCOM is squatting on MS servers waiting for a party with a downloader. I am just guessing that a .NET automation with VFPCOM could do something.

>Hi Terry,
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>>XML?
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>Is that a "trick answer" <s>.
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>>>Has anyone written any code in .Net that will produce the .DBF table meta data in .Net ie., column collection, data type, precision etc.,
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>>>Thanks.