Ed,

Would something like this solve the original problem?

DO fakecursor WITH "yourfile"

PROCEDURE fakecursor
PARAMETER passvar1
PRIVATE lc_dbfname
STORE DBF () TO lc_dbfname
SELECT 0
USE (lc_dbfname) AGAIN ALIAS (passvar1)
RETURN

I haven't tried alter table yet but it does allow me to replace values for fields in the cursor.

Bob


>>Hiya Ed
>>
>>>
>>>Would it be better to use NOFILTER?
>>
>>He was, originally. I think he just forgot to include it in the last post.
>
>I have never had problems with NOFILTER. I guessed it was just Explorer refreshing problem.