Which confirms my first statement, namely that you have a corrupted DBF. There's probably no way you can read the table.

>hi,
>thank you,
>i copy Cpzero.prg to my folder, i run it as do Cpzero.prg
> and i try as under, but same rubbish characters....
>

>DO Cpzero WITH 'code99.DBF',437
>brow
>

>thanks.
>>I don't have the time to help you more than to say that you should see cpzero.prg in help, and cpconvert. However, as I wrote in my first message, I think you are wasting your time.
>>
>>>hi ,
>>>i see at help...CPCONVERT(10000, 1252, gcCharExpr)
>>>
>>>mytable name is code99,
>>>how i can use...CPCONVERT to open my table with out rubbish characters.
>>>
>>>i try as under CPCONVERT(code99.dbf) not work.
>>>
>>>thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>>According to Metin, this may be a codepage problem. Make sure that you have a backup before you go further. Cpconvert() is a VFP function, check help.
>>>>
>>>>>hi,
>>>>>thank you for reply,
>>>>>
>>>>>i have table with 5 fields some fields (character type) have arabic names, this table createed under foxpro2.5 under DOS.
>>>>>
>>>>>i try to open it under vfp(winxp) i get rubbish characters.
>>>>>thank you
>>>>>
>>>>>i >>hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>i need your help to convert FOXPRO tables under DOS to VFP tables under WINXP ,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>i try it to open it i get rubbish characters for character fields,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>any help,code to convert it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You mean that you try to open a FPD table with VFP, and you get rubbish? If so, the table is corrupted!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>A normal FPD table can be opened without any problems with VFP. But, you can NOT open a VFP table with FPD, unless you only use "old" field types.