If a ".dbf" file has memo fields, the contents of the memo fields will be stored in a file with the same name as the ".dbf", but with an ".fpt" extension.
Check to make sure you have the ".fpt" file.

-Michael M. Emmons

>Please Help!!!
> I am accessing ".dbf" & ".frx" files in VisualBasic
>i am able to retrieve some of the fields , but after moving one or two records I am getting "disk or network failure" error . I am also some times getting "MEMO file missing error".
> Is there any special mechanism to retrieve a memo field?
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> I 'd like to thank whole hartedly all those who have helped me.
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>any help would be deeply appreciated
>thanking you