I don't know of an rdd but I open and manipulate clipper 5.2 files as dbaseIII files in access and in visual basic. <br>Access can link to the dbase III, dbase IV, or dbase V type files which is preferable to importing them if another application is going to use them also such as clipper. VB can also access dbase files though in order to delete or edit records if you installed MDAC 2.5 you need the Borland Database Engine, or bde.