*-- a dummy cursor, quite unimportant create cursor zz (i i) copy structure extended to dbfexte.dummy close databases all *-- if you want, quit VFP here, reload and run just these two lines: use dbfexte.dummy && howcan you never created dbfexte so your 'bang" is justified && the best thing would be a quesiton from VFP which codetable you intend to use for dbfecte.dummy *-- bang, your code is dead: copy structure extended to dbfexte.bzy &&your forgot to useNow if you are interested, just for the record's sake, I could zip a small programm which worked on my system