If I was to guess, I would there's probably a table alias in use in a .cdx. I've opened Clipper .dbfs before, no prob.

Pf


>Hello All,
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>I'm trying to write an app which will be querying Clipper tables. Since Clipper tables are .DBF files, I try to open the tables with the "USE" command to see if VFP will treat them as native tables.
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>When I try the "USE" command, I get five consecutive "Alias 'FIELD' Not Found" error messages, and then the table opens.
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>Obviously, I can't have the error messages pop up during the app's startup, so my question is this: Does anyone know if you can open and use Clipper tables in VFP without using an ODBC driver?
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>Thanks in advance,
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>Ben Holton