>>does anyone around here remember how to use DBASE? I've got a client with a 20 year old DBASE DOS system (they say it's version V, but I think it may be IV), that they want some bug fixes done to. Then they want to compile it and send it off to a remote site without the source code.>>

Hi,

What particular Dbase version the App written from? If Dbase 3 to 4, you can use Clipper 87 to compile. Or you can try to compile one prg and check whether you got error. Backup first before doing so.

Maybe you can post a single prg file and I will try to compile using Clipper summer 87/5.3.

I might can help you on this...