>>>or replace fpt file with some other file.
I got some interesting results when replacing .fpt file. What I did is copied the .FPT file of one table over the .FPT file of the table I am trying to trap the problem. But when adding a new record this didn't generate an error at all. In fact what I did is open Command Prompt and manually opened the table (which had .FPT file replaced) and issued command INSERT INTO MYTABLE (PK, MEMO_FLD) values (nVal, "some string") and no problem. VFP didn't complain at all.
The only way I could generate the error was by going to some existing/old record and trying to replace a value in a memo field.
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