How can I rename a DBC? It's a bit of work, but not difficult to do. First, rename the DBC, DCX, and DCT files using the Windows Explorer. Then, open the DBC exclusively in VFP and type VALIDATE DATABASE RECOVER in the Command window (you can't do this in a program in VFP 6 or earlier). You'll be notified that, for each table, the backlink in the table header is incorrect. Accept the option to replace the backlink with the correct one. Next, open SDTMETA.DBF and type REPLACE DBCNAME WITH '<new DBC name>' FOR DBCNAME = '<old DBC name>', where <new DBC name> and <old DBC name> are the new and old DBC names, respectively, in lower case, without an extension or path. Find the record for the database (RECTYPE = "D" and OBJECTNAME is the former DBC name) and REPLACE OBJECTNAME WITH '<new DBC name>'. Open COREMETA.DBF and type REPLACE CDBCNAME WITH '<new DBC name>' FOR CDBCNAME = '<old DBC name>'. Find the record for the database (CRECTYPE = "D" and COBJECTNAM is the former DBC name) and REPLACE COBJECTNAM WITH '<new DBC name>' and REPLACE MPATH WITH '<new DBC filename>'; in this case, <new DBC filename> includes a ".DBC" extension. Also, REPLACE CCAPTION WITH '<new DBC filename>', where <new DBC filename> is a PROPER(JUSTSTEM()) version of the DBC name. Views may need to be redefined, since they may have "database!" in the Tables and SQL properties. (I had to use GENDBC to get the code to recreate all of my views and replace "olddbcname!" with "newdbcname!" Make sure that the "olddbcname" does NOT exist in your data folder then open SDT and validate metadata to make sure all is ok.) Finally, ship the new DBC and meta data tables to your client site and use SDTMgr's Update method to update their copy of the tables. Here are the files you will need: The updated database container (DBC, DCT, and DCX files). The meta data tables: DBCXREG.DBF, FPT and CDX; SDTMETA.DBF and CDX; and COREMETA.DBF, FPT, and CDX. If you've created new extended properties and you wish to refer to these properties by their long property names (as opposed to meta data field names), you'll also need to send SDTUSER.DBF and CDX. I created a small VFP exe that runs at the client site. Here is the code I used: open database iePoint excl && new dbc oMeta = newobject('DBCXMgr', 'DBCXMGR.VCX') oMeta.SetDatabase(dbc()) IF oMeta.oSDTMgr.NeedUpdate('ALL') oMeta.oSDTMgr.Update('ALL') ENDIF IF oMeta.oSDTMgr.NeedUpdate('!ALL') oMeta.oSDTMgr.Update('!ALL') ENDIF oMeta.oSDTMgr.Reindex('ALL',.T.,.t.) oMeta.oSDTMgr.Reindex('!ALL', .T.,.t.) set database to iePoint pack database close database all