>Hi.
>It's a different file, and I HAVE started again from a backup.
>It must've actually been corrupted somehow... though it showed no problem within native dBASE.
>Curious.
>
>Thanks again, Naomi.
>Rich

If you open this DBF file in, say, Notepad++, do you see data?

There are some utilities to fix the corrupted data, I think some may be in Downloads section here (CMRepair). You may try your luck with them if you do see the data.