>>What do you mean 'closing on their own '? Do you get foxpro or network errors?
>>BTW, do you have SP2 installed on WIN2K?
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>-If you open the .dbf in a workarea, it will open and then, without further commands close. I have never seen such behavior.
>-There is no error message displayed.
>-I am not sure about SP2, but will check.
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>TXS
Be sure, also, to get the latest SP for VFP. The current version is 5. msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro.
Hilmar.
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