Question : Open Visual Foxpro DBF file without FPT filed

I have a dbf file that I need to view the contents of.  When I try to open in Visual FoxPro 9 It tells me it's missing the memo file.

how do I open the dbf file without the fpt file??

Answer : Open Visual Foxpro DBF file without FPT filed

You have two options at least:

1) Create another table with memo field, close it, and rename the memo file to the missing one:
    CREATE TABLE NoMemotst (mmm M)
    APPEND BLANK
    USE
    RENAME NoMemotst.FPT TO .FPT
    USE

2) Open a copy(!) of the table without memo in hexadecimal editor and overwrite its heading information - change all Memo columns to e.g. Character columns. It is just simple change of "M" to "C" but you have to be familiar with haxadecimal representation of binary files. The DBF heading structure is described in VFP help.