Hi Sandi.

>I had a table that was always in my dbc. I changed it from excluded to included.

I presume you mean included in the project and therefore the EXE, right?

>Within my app answering Yes to create the backlink doesnt work because all my files are opened in shared mode.

Not only that, but since the file is included in the EXE, it's read-only. SDT shouldn't actually touch that table since it can't be written to anyway.

I think the issue might be a pathing one. The table header has a backlink pointer to the DBC. However, the physical location of the DBC might be different on the client's system than yours. Thus, neither the DBC nor the DBF properly point to each other.

I don't recommend including a file that's part of a DBC in the EXE. I only ever do that with free tables.

Doug