>Hi,
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>I feel numb.
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>I have a table a.dbf included into an EXE.
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>Now I need to use a.DBF from HDD.
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>It opens the table included.
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>Finaly this is the very same table, at least in an newer "Version". The Exe is an editor for lang dependent strings that is based on a framework.
>Table ist the list of the framework strings. And the exe uses the framework. So I'm a bit on a loop.
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>Any ideas?
>
>Lutz

VFP will always open internal table first.
The solution is never to name internal tables with the same name as external.