>>>it's trying to use a tag that no longer exists. check the file structure. if file structure and indexes are ok, the tag will be missing from the dbc list. modify the database and add the tag again.
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>>Thanks Dave,
>>I've checked everything. The data structure appears to be correct and the indexes are ok. But still the same message. I created another screen and that seemed to work ok. I'm still feeling my way around vpw 5.0.
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>check the tag name for the table in the data environment

I've deleted the indexes I had and put a combination zip+lname for this dbf. I've had to re-do my screens and forms but I've learned a lot (this is my first project since ver2.6.
Thanks again.