Hi Alan,
I don't know about 'read only' but exclusive use of tables will increase performance significantly because FoxPro don't have to spend time on record locking.
>For free tables, is there any benefit in terms of speed to use a free table as 'read only' as well as 'exclusive'?
>The application does not require the table to be used as 'exclusive'.
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>TIA.
--sb--