Dan,
I suggest that you look at the GENDBC tool in your VFP directory. It will create a program that replicates a database container. From that you can either use the generated tool, or use it to learn how to write your own. Personally, I learned alot about this subject this way.

>I would like to be able to have a template table that I
>can use to create other tables and add them to the DBC

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