>>You're right, field order should never come intoplay in an application, but keping the fields in alpha order (or some other intuitive order) can sure make
>
> I disagree. If you want to create an SDF file, you use
> COPY TO ... TYPE SDF (or something like this, don't remember exact syntax right now). The fields MUST BE in a right order...

That's what SELECT SQL is for. Create a new cursor with the fields in the order you want, and COPY TO from that. There is NEVER a reason that an application should need fields in a certain order, and if there is, your application design is flawed.