Believe me, that is my motto as well. But for once this turned out to be the easiest way to do this. I don't profess the use of Access lightly <grin>

George

>> One way I found around this was to use Access. Just link the FoxPro DBF in
>> Access and then output it in Paradox format. Cheezy way to do this but it
>> works.
>
>One of my mission statements can be abbreviated to: AAAAK!
>
>Avoid Access At All Kosts! <g>
>
>(ok, it's mispelt, but it makes a better abbreviation)
>
>Actually, if that works, and if you're comfortable with it, the it may
>be the best solution.