>what is the better way to hide a table from my users?
>
>i tried "including" these tables in my project but i need to write to these tables so i get a "cannot update cursor".
>
>i do not want to simply hide the table by changing it's properties. can anyone help me?

Evelyn,
You could use dbc events (VFP7 and later). ie:

PROCEDURE dbc_BeforeOpenTable(cTableName)
If Upper(cTableName)=='EMPLOYEE'
  return Type("m.CanOpen")='L' and m.CanOpen
endif 
ENDPROC

Cetin