Unfortunately the BAK and TBK files are only as good as the last structure change (or something like that); not each time it's opened.

Any other ideas? My friend will have to retype for hours from old reports if there's not...



>Visual FoxPro keeps a backup of the table and the memo file.
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>DBF -> BAK
>FPT -> TBK
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>You can recover the lost records from those files, if you didn't delete them yet.
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>OTOH, I suggest you start paying homage to God Backup - if you don't, his revenge can be severe.
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>Regards, Hilmar.
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>>Just curious... Doesn't have anything to do with something I may or may not have done... Is there any way to recover records that have been packed? Does the data still exists anywhere on the PC in whatever format. This is for, uh, a friend... ;-) Thanks!
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>>Regards, Renoir