>There used to be a program that could recreate tables/indexes from a database. GenDBC maybe? I think the source was available also. Could that, or something like it, be used to convert a VCX, SCX and FRX to text and then recreate the tables? Would XML work? Has someone already written anything like this? If not, we are going to try if it seems feasible.

Yes, GenDBC. See also gentable.prg, genview.prg Download #9388