Hi Bernhart.

>1)How to know if error 114 is addressed to a table or a container ?

In your case, it was on the OPEN DATABASE statement, so it had to be the database itself.

>2)How to validate a container without opening this container ? ( because it is endommagead ).
>OPEN DATABASE ( THIS.cdefaultdatabase + '.dbc' ) VALIDATE && Don't repair the error 114 of this database container.

You could delete the DCX file and then let VFP rebuild it when you open it.

Doug