I found the solution a long time ago, i never use VFP tables anymore, for small apps i use MSDE. It's free !! i still don't understand why anybody would use VFP tables especially if you are starting a new project.

>I am writing a small gradebook app that will be distributed widely and needs to be almost bomb proof. In this case, could free tables be a better choice than tables in a DBC since I don't need long names or stored procedures? What is the downside?
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>TIA,
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>Alex