>>>I have an application written in Foxpro for Windows 2.6. Would there be any issues to consider with using a VFP6 form to just view the records in two of the 2.6 tables?
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>>>Regards
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>>>Chris
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>>Just don't open the tables exclusive.
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>Am I missing something? I thought you could open exclusive, just not make table structure changes or reindex. Making structure changes like adding a field, or reindexing would cause the table to be changed to the VFP table structure. Of course you can always COPY TO ... TYPE Fox2X to get it back.

I think Craig's referring to the code page dialog that'll appear. However, SET CPDIALOG OFF (I think that's it) and you can use it exclusively. I don't think, however, that any structural changes occur if you were to pack a 2.x table in VFP. I have a 6.0 application that does this, and don't have any problems on the 2.6 side.