>Ravi,
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>>Thinking ahead - Which route is easier to maintain tables after the application has been distributed (i.e., free tables or tables within a DBC - e.g. adding or deleting a field in a table). How about generating exe files for distribution?
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>If ease of table modification after deployment is your goal and you don't want to "roll your own" as Leland illustrated, you would be wise to pay the very reasonable cost to get Stonefield Database Toolkit (www.stonefield.com). This fine product can handle all of the nitty-gritty for you and is highly recommended.

Thanks David. That might be something to consider. I have always felt that a project is never done - as in done - rather evolves. Thats the reason I am so concerned about future modifications to existing appliccations.

- Ravi