>Has anyone come across the problem of using these device names as foxpro table names.
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>For example if you USE CON this has a very strange effect. This problem is easily programmed around.
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>This is a problem from the very early days of Foxpro and still exists in VFP5.
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>Any comments?
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>Regards,
>
>Kev


This isn't a FoxPro problem, but is due to the fact they are reserved names in DOS.
To maintain compatability, they still need to be reserved.