Stephen,
Unless you specify the update method in DAO, it defaults to a read-only recordset, resulting in an error if you try to update.

Also, is this a legacy app that you can't migrate to ADO code?

>Bare with me, guys. I am new to Universal Thread. I think I posted this to the VFP FOrum. Should be in VB. I hope I got it right this time.
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>I have opened a VFP 5.0 Table with VB 5.0. It opens up & I can see all that data. However, if I try an update type command, i.e. Update, AddNew, Edit, etc. I get Runtime Error 3027 "Can't Update. Database or object is read-only".
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>I know that this Directory & all Tables in it are NOT readonly. I have tried other .DBFs & get the same result. Is there some secret to this? This is a local table, not on a Network drive.
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>I can Update the Table using the Data Control, but not DAO code. I am not on a network. Table is local. My Table Open code is:
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>Dim dbAPSS As Database
>Dim rsCust As Recordset
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>Set dbAPSS = DBEngine.Workspaces(0).OpenDatabase(App.Path, False, False, _
>"FoxPro 3.0")
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>Set rsCust = dbAPSS.OpenRecordset("Cust2", dbOpenTable)
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>My probelm, still is when I use the Update method, I get an error message that Table it read only.
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>Any thoughts?