>>Denise,
>>VFP stores your 'text' source code in the METHODS field of forms and libraries, but also stores compiled versions of the code. If you don't want to change the code, then deleting the Methods field does no harm and saves a substantial amount of space. However, you MUST be sure you keep a version with this code intact. Once deleted you cannot recover it.
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>>Because the compiled version of the code is still in the SCX and VCX files, it is not necessary to distribute these with your EXE.
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>Thanks for the tutoring, Barbara. You guys are really sweet to help out newbies like me.

You're welcome - that's what UT does :-)
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>So how do you delete it? Where is this methods field kept?
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Open the VCX as a table with USE MyLib.VCX, then BROWSE it. Look at the fields, and find the one called METHODS. Then just do a replace with '' for the entire table.

One thing to remember is that Forms, Libraries, Projects and even the DBC are merely DBFs using other names. Try opening up some and browsing around (make backups first, just in case...)

Barbara