>VFP always search first in the EXE. So no matter what you'll do the table in EXE will be opened INSTEAD of when you build it in EXE first rename it to something else and use something like:
>
>

>TRY
>  USE MyExternalTable IN 0 ALIAS MyTable
>CATCH
>  *** The External Table don't exists
>   USE MyInternalTable IN 0 ALIAS MyTable
>ENDTRY
>

Can't do that that simply, because this table needs to be in the exe for the next build... so I'll have to write any edits into a temp table, then update from that when in IDE. Or something like that. IOW, no simple solutions, only workarounds.