Error loading file - record number 5. Form1 (or one of its members).Loading form or the data environment : Database object is being used by someone else

We had this problem in 1999 in a big VFP project that had 200 users and everything was being accessed through views. The solution was to create a separate local dbc for the views.

If this is not the case for you (lots of users and lots of views), this is what the halp file says about the error:

Another user is accessing this database object.

Visual FoxPro is accessing records temporarily in response to another user's actions.

Wait a few minutes and try again.


Another user is modifying a table or connection.

Contact the user. If you are modifying a table or a connection, you are preventing others from having access while you are in the designer. For more information, see MODIFY STRUCTURE, MODIFY CONNECTION, and so on.


Another user is modifying a view.

You can still use the view. If you want to modify it, contact the user. For more information, see MODIFY VIEW.