A few utilies to check out:
- file#
9388 creates a script to recreate a table or view
- gendbc (in vfp98\tools\gendbc directory)
- apparently stonfield database toolkit does this too
http://www.stonefield.com/Doing a simple copy of a database can lead to broken links to tables etc. Usually not recommended unless you are coping all databases and tables and leaving them in the same relative directory.
>I need to update a client's site and add a view to their existing database. They are only using the VFP runtime. For tables, I created a utility program and call an ADD TABLE routine.. what do I do about views?
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>I should add I thought it was also in the DBC and I tried copying an updated DBC from my working directory to a copy of the installed version. When I run the main EXE for the app after the copy, I immediately get the following error:
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>Error loading file - record number 4. Form1 (or one of its members). Loading form or the data environment: c:\timepro\timepro.dbc is not an object file
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>Any suggestions?