>>You can use Cursorsetprop to turn off buffering while you Zap, at least that's what I do for this. Have you tried this? (BTW, Zap is faster than Delete All/Pack)
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>Bruce:
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>I haven't used CursorSetProp, but I will. Am curious to know why opening a file EXCL forces me to re-establish buffering.
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>BTW, I haven't been using ZAP as a carryover from my Clipper DOS days: I kept getting corrupted tables (unwanted EOF's) from ZAPping (best I could tell). If it's safe to use in VFP, great!
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Zap is fine in FP. Cursorsetprop is an easy way to manipulate your buffering schemes during runtime. I've kind of found out by trial/error what works with buffering open and what doesn't. If there's trouble doing any actions, just temporarily turn buffering off...