>Seems that the form is corrupted. Can this usually be solved by hacking the metadata?

Hilmar, while tables (SCXs included) can be fixed by hacking the table header (see http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~NotATable~VFP) there is a problem with Windows 2000 where it "eats" the SCX file with the result of the file being filled with zeroes. If that's the case I hope you have a backup.