I've never been able to backup or XCOPY an open .dbf.

>What do you mean by this? I have a VFP app on our network that has FoxPro .dbf tables open overnight (24x7) and I can backup the .dbf files with no problem (while the app has the tables open, an not using an agent, just regular BackupExec backup software).
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>Plus, I can even XCOPY the dbf files from the server to a folder on my development machine while they are open.