>By the way, do you happen to know what VFP is actually doing when it is "Analyzing .vct" ?

I don't know exactly, but I would guess it's reading through the stuff in the underlying project table. The Hacker's Guide might give you some insight into checking memo fields in project table for erroneous characters that may possible be culprit. Good Luck.

Roxanne M. Seibert
Independent Consultant, VFP MCP

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