Make sure that setup.dbf is excluded from the exe and that it exists at (oVar.Sysdatapath) and is not read only.

>Here's the code where it's blowing up:
>
>IF !USED('SETUP')
> USE ALLTRIM(oVar.Sysdatapath) + 'SETUP.DBF' IN 0 SHARED
>ENDIF
>
>SELECT SETUP
>
>LOCATE FOR ALLTRIM(TableName) == m.cAlias
>
>IF RLOCK()
> brow **this browse allows me to look at the table okay, everything looks in order
> REPLACE NEXTID WITH nextid + 1 IN SETUP ** this line is where the program bombs off *****
>
> nRetVal = SETUP.nextid
> UNLOCK
>ENDIF