>>>>Hi Gang!
>>>>
>>>>In working with a new (to me, but old) Project, I have an old table called
>>>>
>>>>invrstrings.dbf with its cdx and fpt files.
>>>>
>>>>I can open it just fine with the USE command. It has 4 memo fields in it.
>>>>
>>>>And I can browse it ok... except when the mouse hovers over the last 2 memo files in the browse, it throws up the
>>>>
>>>>"Memo file invalid or missing" error.
>>>>
>>>>So....... any suggestions on how to fix this? I don't have any old backups of this file with this data in it... all I have all blank tables to go back to, and I want to use this data for testing purposes to learn how the program works.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks a bunch!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>use vfp6
>>>

>>>use invrstrings excl
>>>alter table invrstrings add dummy L novalidate
>>
>>Same error message at this point in running these interactively.
>>
>>>
>>>alter table invrstrings drop dummy novalidate
>>>
>>>use
>>>
>>>

>
>Can you delete these records?

I want to keep these records so I can inspect the data strings in them (for comparison to the code in the program, to get an idea of how the code works).

>Or check for CMRepair from http://www.cmstory.com.

I checked that out, but they want $$ to actually fix the data.... or so that is how I interpreted the website and when I tried the program.

Thanks!