>Linda, I haven't worked with Corel WordPerfect 7, but I have
>worked some with ODBC.
>
>Just on the surface, it seems from what you describe that you
>may have the older MS ODBC driver. The older one only would
>read VFP3 tables, and that one is still distributed in at least one
>place on the web, but that's not what you want.
>
>To know for sure you're using the latest ODBC driver that supports
>VFP5, go to the MS site at URL:
>http://www.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/vfdownload/VFPODBC5.EXE .
>Load this and quite possibly your situation could clear itself up.
>
>Hope this is a help.

Thanks Carl. Will try the download.