>Arnon, > >Actually, using your DE extractor was one of the things that got me thinking in this direction. I've been thinking in much the same way as you. However, I would still like to see an independent DE since it would eliminate the need to write the code to open the tables. > >Thanks for the input. > George, maybe I don't understand what ou are talking about when you are saying independent DEs I have (today ) DEs strored in PRGs and VCXs which I can instantiate at will as in: x=createobject("dename") x.opentables() etc,? what not independent about that? Arnon