>I use a simple procedure to pack all tables in the database:
>
>open database v:\data\dlog3\DlogData exclusive
>TableCount = adbobjects(Tbls, "Table")
>
>for ctr = 1 to TableCount
> use Tbls[ctr] exclusive
> pack
>endfor
>
>When run from Foxpro (compiled into the exe), this works just fine.
>When run from the runtime most of the indexes are corrupted: left with 0 bytes and the tables cannot be opened again. "Index does not match... delete index file ..."
>
>I thought that this was probably something wrong in the DBC so, I created a new DBC, added all of the tables, added settings, stored procs, etc. Same results on the new database.
>
>Any ideas? Do others experience this? Is it a known bug? Is there a solution?

What version of VFP are you using?

Are you saying that you've created a program, PACKER.EXE and

1. If you run it from the Command Window (i.e. DO PACKER) it works fine;

2. If you run PACKER.EXE from, say, Windows Explorer it fails as you've specified?

Are you running both cases on the same computer, logged in as the same user with the same privileges? Is it possible you've bound a .DBC or table(s) into your .EXE? Have your tables always been in the same folder as the .DBC?