Looks like it was fixed in SP1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/downloads/VFP7_SP1Readme.htm.

>Hi, folks!
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>I have a problem creating an temporary index on a view based cursor if the related DBC is read only (see the sample code below).
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>Does anybody know something about this behaviour?
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>BTW: The same code in VFP6 works without any problems!

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