you can always create a VFP automation server instantiate it in VB and perform the tasks mentioned below Arnon > >I am trying to access Visual FoxPro 5.0 tables from a VB 5.0 application >and I have three questions: > >1. Can I reindex the database from VB? >2. Can I pack and remove records marked for deletion from VB? >3. I have written a stored procedure to generate an incremental index >for new records in my tables. This procedure >works well in VFP, but when I add records from VB it doesn't work at all. >Why is this? I thought stored procedures were supported for external >access as long as they didn't contain unsupported XBase commands, as >specified in the VFP ODBC driver help file? > >Thanks, > >Brian Hartin >MCI Telecommunications >Brian.Hartin@MCI.Com >