thanks tracy,
i am using more than one dbf to backup
lcfile = 'boardlevel.dbf'
lcfile = 'boardlevel.cdx'
lcfile = 'examsum.cdx'
lcfile = 'accounts.cdx'
lcfile = 'acctmast.cdx'
lcfile = 'acctran.cdx'

Have any differ for one file and more than one file in you codes