no problems with data. just one of the many reports/andor screens I guess is corrupted. Therefore the rebuild stops with the error maessage. But no indication as to what file is the problem file. I remember, in the old days I had tha problem and I had a fix (I believe I had the builder write a log file) but I don;'t remember what I had done. :(

Peter



>Hi Peter,
>
> Although I use FPW2.6 every day, it has been a long time since I have had one of these errors. I use FoxFix on my tables and it works great.
>
> First, make a backup of the table (.dbf) and related memo (.fpt) and index (.cdx) files. Then you may proceed.
>
> If I recall, you can open the offending table with the damaged .fpt file, then copy that table giving it another name. After you copy that table to the newly named table, the .fpt file should be fixed. Close the new table, open it, reindex it, etc. and I believe it will be fixed. Check your memo fields for content. If it is fixed, you can then rename it to the original table name -- remember to rename the .fpt and .cdx files also.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>TFISHER
>
>>>>I havean old app which Ineed to rebuild and it stops with a 'memo file is missing/invalid'.
>>>>I forgot a lot about foxprox. How can I find out the name of the offending prg/frx??
>>>>
>>>>Peter
>>>
>>>There should be a PROJECTNAME.err file with details of the errors that occurred while attempting the build - may want to check there.
>>>
>>>HTH
>>No there aint! :-)
>>
>>Peter