>In VFP 7.0 can data buffering be used if the tables are not in a database but are just free tables? We are setting the buffermode property of a form that is accessing a free table to 0, 1 and 2 but are not seeing any differences in how it behaves. Changes are being saved without us issuing a tableupdate() command.
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>Thank you.

Because you are using record buffering. To prevent implicit tableupdates [whenver the record pointer is moved], set buffering to table [4 or 5].