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>At the risk of sticking my neck out where it my get hurt (g), meaning I may not be able to help even if you answer my questions but I have used ACAD data from time to time so what version of FP are you using and are you sticking with data on the AS400 or using it with FP under what PC OS? And can you explain in a little more depth what your objctives are? /psb.

Hi Patricia and thanks for the reply,

We have some large maps (2d), which I would like to view, quick search,
for a particular location, and access linked data. We have a lot of information which already exists on the AS400 which relates to our maps, e.g., customer records, telephone poles, pedestals, buried and aerial cable. So far, I have found a program 'Dr DWG Pro' which may allow me to view the acad files and create links to either PC dbf files or direct to the AS400. I've just started using VFP 5.0.
Thanks again,
Reynolds