>I am having a problem with VFP 3.0 and Tables in a .DBC
>
>When I Run the app from within VFP It runs perfectly and the tables
>are opened as reqd/write
>
>When I build an .EXE and run it the same files are opend as read-only
>and a "cannot update cursor" error pops up during tableupdates().

u probably included the tables and or DBC in the project (they should be listed in the project but not included) thus when u created
an .exe the tables where written into it as well

just exclude the tables

Arnon