What about

Rename mytable.dbf to oldTable.dbf
Use oldTable 
COPY TO mytable

>Craig,
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>I don't know how to supress it, but I know how to work around it. I don't think it will by much slower, since VFP is going to make a copy when it converts anyway.
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>afields(lafields, 'oldTable')
>create table newTable from array lafields
>append from oldTable

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>>I am adding a table that has been created as TYPE FOX2X to a DBC.
>>
>>The following warning message appears:
>>Table Update Warning
>>File 'Table.dbf' will be updated to a new file format, making it unreadable to previous versions of FoxPro.
>>
>>How do I supress this warning?