Mark,
You shouldn't have to reboot, just shutdown VFP.
It has been quite I have even seen this corruption occur. Is your machine generally stable? Make sure you are on the latest service pack (or upgrade the VFP9 release is imminent).
>Unfortunately the first time it happened I think I saved my changes, so ended up rewriting code, thankfully I had a paper copy.
>On rebooting the pc and restarting foxpro the problem is still recurring. Any suggestions?