>Bob --
>
>Well now...isn't this fascinating! I just "ASSumed" that the two formats were incompatible, so I never really bothered to check it out for myself. The solution just sounds too good to be true, but I'll give it a try. Thanks for your suggestion.
>
>Bill

While you're at it you can go the other way to...

USE filename && file with .FPT

copy to newfile type foxplus

*** newfile will have a .DBT

BOb