Subject Re: allowing user to change or add an alias From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Wed, 21 Jun 2017 13:54:51 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2017-06-20 11:30 PM, Charlie wrote: > Hi Mervyn... > > Are you saying that previous (10.3.1) versions don't work?  I noticed that on the dbase page 10.3.1 is the latest for dbase.  Runtime seems to match it at 10.3.1.  I don't think it did before!!!  Not sure.  Could have they added that due to problems? No, I didn't say that BDEAlias.cc doesn't work with dBASE 10.3.1.  I said that BDEAlias.cc didn't work for me with dBASE 11.2.1 although i did work for Ken. I found that after I'd installed dBASE 11.3 that BDEALias worked as expected.   I then tried my little program in dBASE 10.3.1 and it failed. After I had reinstalled dBASE 10.3.1 BDEAlias worked. Bingo! Went back to dBASE 11.3 and the program hangs dBASE.  Another reinstall of dBASE 11.3 and all is well again.  I guess installing dBASE and the BDE sets some flag that ties the BDE to the version of dBASE most recently installed. I'm always reluctant to suggest reinstalling software but in this case it is probably justified.  Reinstalling dBASE 10.3.1 oveeeer you existing installation should only take a few minutes and it shouldn#t upset anything. Mervyn.