>The maximum character field size allowed by Visual FoxPro 6.0 is 254.
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>Have you installed SP3? If not, you should do so, to resolve the "C5" error
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>Tom

I tried vfp whose vers() returns 06.00.8492.00
I think this is the latest release with sp3 added.
The problem occurs also if field lenght is 253.