>John,
>
>Keep in mind that any old system index files (Clipper/Dbase) will not be updated when you add records via Foxpro. Unless the source system reindexes those tables at startup, or there are no indexes on the other side, the records you add will not be present.

Although VFP doesn't automatically open the IDX files (like it would for CDX), you can specify the IDX files to be opened in the USE statement:

USE tablename INDEX idx-1, ... idx-n

in this case the listed IDX files should get updated when you modify the DBF.