IF NOT FILE("scaleMessages.dbf") CREATE dbf scaleMessages ( ; msgcode c(40), ; msg c(254), ; action n(1,0), ; scrnmsg n(1,0), ; tickmsg n(1,0), ; applyshipm n(1,0), ; shownow L(1), ; timelogged t(8), ; ticket i(4), ; source c(3), ; truckno c(5) ; ) USE IN scaleMessages ENDIF>Thanks, but I was hoping to start building the tables programmatically rather than have one living. We distribute this application and I need to create this table on each work station.