Hi Beth, Yes they are excluded by default.

>Hi Don,
>
>Did you exclude the database from the project? Right-click on the database in project and select exclude.
>
>HTH
>Beth
>
>>Does anyone know why VFP wants to access the databases that are in a project when the project is compiled into an EXE? I occassionally get an error and a refusal to build because a database is open by another process. Is there a way around this short of deleting the database from the project?