>Yuri--
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>>Ok, I was mistaken in my previous reply: the number of fields is 286, which is more than VFP is able to digest. And it is the reason (at least one) why VFP cannot recognize it as a table.
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>>Good Luck
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>I have found several tools that decode the header. There are 294 fields. Too many. The fields at the end of the table are not used. I will use the low level file commands to fix up the "dbf".
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>Thanks for your help.
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>Tim

Tim,

Yes, you are right. I was using my utility that read header according to VFP rules. But in the editor, yes, there are more fields.