>>Most likely it is located under another object, and you cannot see it unless you move the object that is on top.
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>No, this is not the case. I moved all objects around, tried to re-arrange them several times, re-started VFP 8 and the problem persists. Somehow magically the table became invisible, though it exists and I already modified its structure. Should I try to free it again and re-add?

In the "version" above I see "VFP 9 SP1", but in the message you are talking about VFP8. So, what is the VFP version?