>>That is a little confusing to me. How will my forms work during testing
if I do not have the dbf files in the project?


Occassionally I need to add up to date dbf files to my project.
>>These files will replace existing files, they just have up to date records.
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>>Is there any problem in writing over existing dbf's for a compiled program? Would any conflicts arise because these files are not physically added to each form, etc.?
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>>Thanks and have a good day.
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>As well as Matt's reply, you could cause problems if the tables are part of a DBC. If these are typically static look-up tables, including them in the project is OK but not necessary. You could exclude them from the project and just include them as free tables. That way they are more easily replaceable without having to recompile your APP and provide the new APP to the user(s).