hi,
thank you so much, it works.

if you have a time what the different between delete and drop.in this case

>>hi all,
>>
>>is there away to drop free table if found
>>as
>>

>>locate for aa.dbf
>> if found()
>>   drop table aa
>>else
>>  mesagebox("not found")
>>endif
>>

>>thanks
>
>

>m.PathToFile = "c:\yourdir\"
>lcSearchFile = m.PathToFile+"aa.dbf" &&& example lcSearchFile = c:\yourdir\aa.dbf
>IF FILE(m.lcSearchFile)
>   DELETE FILE(m.lcSearchFile)
>ELSE
>   MESSAGEBOX("Not Found")
>ENDIF
>