>Naomi, I'm curious why you have this problem. In all the years I've worked with VFP, I don't think I've ever had this happen. I wonder if there's something different in our development environments or habits.
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>Tamar (worried that now this thing will bite me today <g>)

I'm afraid you have just invoked the "Conspiracy of Things" as Chris Jefferies has coined the term. All things conspire against us. It's Murphy's Law on steroids. You may already have lost your entire hard drive and all backups....