>I seem to have glitches, or unusual behavior, the system locks up occassionally.
>
>Is it possible that vfp 3.0 has a file that is messed up, do you ever have to re-install
>vfp to correct problems?
>
>do files ever get so bogged down with info. ie. foxuser.dbf, or perhaps corrupted by disk utilities like
>scandisk, etc.?
>
>Sometimes I'm not sure if I am encountering a bad coding situation, or my data file is messed
>up etc.
>
>Are there utilites available to assist with this type of situation?
>
>I find myself getting very frustrated at times.
>
>Thanks and have a great day!

scandisk doesn't hurt files, but sometimes running the defrag program without running scandisk can mess up files.

if your foxuser file is getting to large, it doesn't hurt to delete it. fox checks each time you start for this file and creates a new one if it doesn't find it.