To zap or pack you need Exclusive access right.
If it the case use a VFP.Dll to do it. Otherwise I recommend recycles the records in the DBF file.


>is there anyway i could send a direct zap command to my dbf table using adodc?
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>i did a for-recordset.delete-do loop but when i checked the dbf, it just marked the recordset as deleted but did not zapped the records completely. what i want is to zap the cursor table directly from VB...is there any way to do that? please help me!
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>thanks!
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>Elinore