>>>>I have a table a.dbf included into an EXE.
>>>>Now I need to use a.DBF from HDD.
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>>>VFP will always open internal table first.
>>>The solution is never to name internal tables with the same name as external.
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>>That's the problem. :)
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>>I think about a project hook doing an pre-compile-copy or something the like ....
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>Boris gave you the cleanest idea ;-)
>In case there is a need to get a little dirty, create a "factory_use" function always looking outside the exe for a file(InternalName+"_extern.dbf") and if existing use that one under the alias normally assigned to internal file...

I've done the projecthook solution The hook copies the a.dbf to a_internal.dbf and that is what is used inside the exe. The CA that deals with the internal depends on a #DEFINE anyway. Matter of 10 minutes