Kevin, I appreciate your explanation of the FO file extensions and am wondering if you could carry it one step further. I'm referring to the letters of the alphabet in the name. The 35 files in any database consist of: name .FOW nameC.CDX,DBF,FPT nameD.CDX,DBF,FPT nameE.CDX,DBF,FPT nameI.CDX,DBF,FPT nameK.CDX,DBF nameL.CDX,DBF nameM.CDX,DBF,FPT nameP.CDX,DBF,FPT nameR.CDX,DBF nameS.CDX,DBF,FPT nameT.CDX,DBF nameX.CDX,DBF nameY.CDX,DBF,FPT After I've been working on a database for awhile (for a number of sessions spread over weeks), I have a lot of files with different dates. For instance, the three "C" files may have different dates than the three "D" files. Or, the C.CDX and C.DBF files may be newer than the C.FPT file. Many of the file dates remain unchanged from session to session. The net result of all this is that the file dates are spread all over the map with some more than a year apart. I suppose this falls under the category of WHO CARES? but I'd like to be able to look at the list, pick the name (alphabet letter) with the latest date and be able to say to myself "Oh yeah, now I remember. I was working on the source list, merging individuals, editing notes or whatever." Can you, or anyone, shed any light on this subject? Maybe Bruce can tell us. Charles Gohlke