>I understand using free tables for lookup...
>why else would you use them ... what is the advantage?
>I'm just trying to understand the FoxPro structure. I've had some MSAccess experience, but that's all.
>Thanks in advance for however you can enlighten me.....:)
Only three uses I can think of:
1) store some user app preferences on local drive
2) DBFs for public access, like downloading or on diskette, for example
3) Backward compatibility with 2.x
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.