>>I need to find out information about a field in a table. However, this field may not be in my currently selected table, and I do not want to use AFIELDS because it returns too much information to wade through. Specifcally, I need to know the type, size, and (if applicable) decimal precision of my field. I haven't found a native VFP function that will provide this information for a single field. A simple UDF seems to be my next option, so any suggestions in that direction would be appreciated.
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>Create a UDF using AUsed(), FCount(), FSize() and Field() functions to at least find the table with the needed field name. However, once you find the correct table, I do not know how to get the decimals without using afields().

Hey Mark...

You knew how to get the field size, and I knew how to get the decimals. Put the two together and he's got it. :)