>>What I am not sure of is if you need to have Access installed in order to >create the new mdb. I have Access installed so the code ran without problems. >The create method of the catalog object relies on the provider having support >for creation.
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>You can create an Access mdb file witout Access present using DAO and/or ADO (see my Access Tools Utility in VFP files...third party section) but with this method I am not so sure.

I checked it out and you need to distribute the jet engine with your app to do this. I was thinking maybe just with the MDAC components but apparently it does not include the jet engine, only the provider.