Hi Tarig you can do the following.
Create a .bat file like this.
backup.bat
MD backup
DEL backup\*.* /q
xcopy *.dbf backup\
now in Visual FoxPro u just call run backup.bat
xcopy will allow u to copy even if dbf's are being used.
You can also create this bat file in the fly inside VFP.
>Dear Experts
>
>Some dbf is using, I mean someone is entering or editing data in it.
>Is it possible to make a copy of such dbf that is beeing used?
>I want to make a routing with timer control to copy dbf folder but I am afriad this will not work if some dbf is used in this folder.
>
>Please Help
Alexandre Palma
Senior Application Architect