>>Does anybody have some example code to USE a .DBC (ie not OPEN DATABASE) and read from its Property field the table name and path for all contained tables (objecttype = Table)? We want to ensure that the user has not deleted any before opening the database in the normal manner.
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>>TIA, Kevin
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>You can use the dbc as if it were a dbf - USE database.dbc IN 0 SHARED. It is actually just a normal dbf itself as is everything in VFP (Form, Report, etc).
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>Mostly filled with memo fields.

Hi Nigel,

Yes, that is what I have done. However, the field concerned - Property - is not a plain text field (binary memo I think), and I cannot just read the data. What I am looking for is help with interpreting the data in that field.

Kevin