Hi Sam.

It looks like other have answers most of your questions, but I didn't see anyone answer this one, so I will.

>I am still trying to determine what type of datasource I have -
>Table, Localview or Remoteview. Is there a function call which returns this information for a given alias()?

Use CURSORGETPROP('SourceType') -- see the VFP help file for details on the return value.

DOug