>>Yes, there are some other ways, but "COPY TO" is the easiest and 'natural' way to do it. And you can convert tables programmatically.
>>If you wish to keep the same index files as in FPD, then you do not need to copy with cdx. IDX files will work in VFP too.
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>What about the code page how do we emerge it, because if I open the tables in VFP,sometimes the code page emerge and I choose windows then if I open in VFD it will give an error 'not a database file'. Have you experienced this ?
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>regards,
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>Budianto

It is quite possible that some code pages supported in Windows are not supported in FPD. Though it could be suitable for your needs and therefore a solution for you, be aware of that changing code page does not change the table structure to the 'native' VFP format. Instead it gives the FoxPro engine the directions how to deal with characters specific to language of hardware platform. In particular, "..some characters available in one code page are not available in another" (as in VFP Help).