>>In VFP 6 after I USE (open) a table and do an FLOCK() I can still USE the table at another PC.
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>>In VFP 9 I can't USE a table from PC 2 after I FLOCK() it at PC 1.
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>>I tried USE table SHARED but it made no difference. If the table is open on both PCs I can FLOCK() it from PC 1 and it behaves normally at PC 2. That is I can't do any locks but I can view it.
>>What am I missing?
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>>TIA
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>VFP9 (and VFP8) have a SET TABLEVALIDATE setting that is trying to test the table for corruption. You'll probably need to SET TABLEVALIDATE TO 0 in order to open it the same as VFP6 did.

Fred,
Thanks a million. That was it.