I need to check the structure of a dbf so that a user can open a table if the structures is correct.

The current code uses 2 criteria, the existence of a specific logical field and the total no of fields.

In practice this works fine excepting that the table needs to be opened to perform the validation.

lValidTable = .F. && Return value

IF ASCAN(laTemp,[PROJECT_2]) > 0 AND ALEN(laTemp,1) = 20 && Check for logical field & total fields
lValidTable = .T. && Return value
ENDI

If there any better way of doing this validation through examining the .dbf header file for example?

TIA

Dennis