>At one point we wrote an application in VB 3.0 and Foxpro 2.6b. The VB app >communicated with machines in a factory. The foxrpro app was for data-entry >and reporting. We discovered that VB did not support all of the functions >that can be used to create index tags. VB was able to use the tags but >could not update them properly if functions like dtoc() were used. There >were other functions that I do not remember. My experience with VB >accessing/updateing Foxpro tables was one that I do not wish to repeat. I >hope things are different with VB 5.0. Good luck! > If you ever need to do so again, there is a VB library available which allows VB to use FP DBFs & CDXs. It comes in 16- and 32-bit and includes some controls as well. We played with it for a bit before deciding to go with VFP. They have a Web site at www.GoSware.com Gary J. Sibio