>>>>>This table is run from an executable. I cannot run the exe in IDE.
>>>>
>>>>This is a first. Can't you just
>>>>cd {directory where the exe is}
>>>>do the.exe
>>>>in command window? Worked for me ever since vfp5.0.
>>>>Open debugger and set breakpoints in advance
>>>
>>>Of course I can run the executable from IDE, but the debugger
>>>won't work with it. It simply says "Source not available" when I try.
>>
>>Keep the command window and the data session window open
>>before you run the executable.
>>they must be avaiable when the exe runs and waits for user input.
>>In the data session window select the table you want
>>and in the command window type "copy to ...." command
>>then highlight the sentence , right click and execute
>>then you must have the table with data ....
>
>There must be something missing here. When I attempt this, I STILL get "Source not available", and am given no opportunity to set breakpoints in advance on a program whose source code is not readable. The debug window shows me nothing and the program runs without allowing any intervention.
>
>I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know what.

Set a watch point on ALIAS(), then DO your exe. That should work.