>>>i have an app converted from 2.6/dos -> 2.6/win -> vfp. the app as it stands works ok. now i need to add a couple of new forms that won't be able to use the base read. what method in these forms should hold the read?
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>>This doesn't sound very appealing, but could you add the new stuff using 2.6 version and reconvert?
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>possible, but unlikely because there isn't enough time... besides, vfp is much easier to work with and the conversion was horrible

I know what you mean...there're some KB docs on this that might be useful, have you checked them out?