>You might try an interesting workaround: Re: Is it possible to extract a picture from VFP exe file Thread #746326 Message #746354

Interesting idea, but I'm not sure if it will work in this case. If the standard data was the only thing required to be in the tables, I'd just leave them bound into the EXE. (I used to do that.) A more recent requirement is that users can add their own custom data in addition to the standard data. I suppose I could copy out their custom records to a temporary file (the PKs for custom data use numbers > 1,000,000), then use the technique you've pointed out, and append the custom data back in. It's something I'll keep in mind if I can't get this to work in a more traditional way.