Hi,

I am having this problem with an application that periodically goes haywire. In other words it won't start( just hangs ), reports start printing funny, data gets mishmashed or things like that. It is an application that uses the same database definition as another application. Generally, to solve the problems I can take the database from the second application and overwrite the one in the first. Anyhoo, the thing I notice about the database that appears corrupted, is that the .dct file has been recently written into and the size has changed. First of all, what is this file? I know it is the database memo file. But a memo file of what? I find all sorts of goodies inside of there including people's email. Secondly, is it a file that should be changed by an application? Thirdly, What might alter that file?

These apps run on separate PC's under Windows 98/95. I am using VFP 5.0e. Data gets copied from the second app to the first, but otherwise the two apps operate independently of each other.

Thanks for your help,
Mike