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>>Terry, I dont disagree with anything you write here. I extensively use the VFP table functions and prefer them over SQL simply because my apps are more this way inclined. But that doesnt address the issue raised by this thread - which, by the way, does not affect me but I was simply trying to enlighten you as to the nuances of the discussion ;)
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>When the dialog appears, perhaps we should squint our eyes and pretend it's a VFP error message - it is the result of an error. Just because it don't smell like an error message is no reason we should not view it as one!
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>Am I correct - the dalog only appears when the programmer erroneously neglected to open a file before a select was issued?:0

I cannot explain it any different than I, and others, already have. The above example was only one of many to quickly show the effect. There are more examples possible but this entire topic is not important enough to me ;)

Later.