Matt,

This is true. When you add the table to the database the tables header is modified to show this. Older versions of FoxPro can't read this header info and you will get a "Not a Database" error.

You can still use the database container approach by having Local Views of your free tables in the database and using the views in your app. HTH

>I heard somewhere that if you add a free table from FoxPro DOS 2.5 or FoxPro 2.6 Win to a VFP6 database, that it will make the table unusable by the older versions.
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>Is this true? I want to use the database container approach to building apps, but I still have older programs that need free tables.