>Ravi,
>
>>... What then is the purpose of free tables if dbc or more than 1 dbc's can provide solutions?
>
>Free tables can give you backward compatibility if you have, for instance, FP 2.6 apps that need to read/write the same tables as your VFP application. Of course, even with DBC, you can
>

>COPY TO filename TYPE FOX2X
>

>to create a compatible copy of a table, but for real-time read/write of the same table, you must keep the table in 2.6 format, which free tables can give you.

Hi David:

Thank you for your response. Are you suggesting the use of free tables over a DBC?

- Ravi