>Andrew,
>well finally a fix reveals itself. a bit sloppy but it works.
>
>CLOSE DATA ALL
>USE dbname.DBC
>LOCATE FOR objecttype = "Database" AND objectname = "StoredProceduresSource"
>IF FOUND()
> APPEND MEMO CODE FROM procedurefile
>ENDIF
>USE
>COMPILE DATABASE dbname
>
>same as what append procedure does, just in a roundabout way. hope this works for you too.
>
>Jordan

Thanks Jordan, bit different to the HELP File but what works is what we needed.
Regards.