I'd better continue to maintain the tables from home then, using VFP3.

Thanks for the info.

>Mike:
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>I would not SET COMPATIBLE ON, this option forces VFP to believe that the tables are 100% compatibility with dBASE. Who knows what will happen.
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>I would not trust using VFP 6.0 to reindex VFP 3.0 tables. However, make a backup of all your 3.0 tables before you reindex in 6.0, because 6.0 may ask you to mark the code page and make the tables unusable in 3.0
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>HTH,
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>--Paul
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>>If I SET COMPATIBLE ON, can I pack and re-index VFP3 tables without screwing things up? Is there another way of administering VFP3 tables from VFP6??? It sure would be faster than waiting 'till I get home!