>>Well, I tried to duplicate it and couldn't using VFP 6 SP4 and VFP 7 so I am at a loss here too.
>>Are you able to reproduce this? If so, what are the steps?
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>I was unable to replicate the problem with another table called XFormDBF. (I didn't use COPY TO command, but rather copy in explorer, then add to database)
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>Anyway, my original steps were:
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>use BtCritss (the file in Redp\DBC\Jobs\MetaFiles directory)
>copy to g:\redp\dbc\jobs\BtCritssArch with cdx database JobControl
>use BtCritssArch excl
>zap (I need an empty clone)

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>I've done this process few days ago. Today I was working on the form and got various weird problems with backlink. That's how I found the problem...

I've just reproduced this problem using the same steps sequence.
All above commands worked, but then I tried to use BtCritss and got a message about backlink...