Is this a DBF file, Tim? What version of VFP or FP was used to create it? Can you open it in that version? Can you post the error number?
>I was running my VFp6 application merrily when sudenly a user calls with the message.
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>The file is incompatible with the current version of Visual Foxpro
>Run 30update.prg to update the file to the current version.
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>I get this error everytime I open the file in VFp6
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>Anyone know how to fix this or what might have caused this??
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>I looked on the Vfp3.0 installation but I don't have such a PRG
>I tried to run a fixdbf program which reported errors but said it could not fix the file...
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>It has data in it I need badly..
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>Thanx!
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"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05