>>>>What would force a table to be opened with READONLY=.T.? I am performing the following command:
>>>>
>>>>USE (pcFileName) IN 0 AGAIN ALIAS mytable SHARED
>>>>
>>>>This is being executed in the Init method of a form with the variable 'pcFileName' being passed as a >lparameter.
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>>>>Is it a real table? Is it open somewhere else? If yes, what is the mode? Do you have a read-write access to
>>>>that file?
>>
>>The table is a form (scx), it is not open anywhere else and I have read-write access. I can open the form with >>the MODIFY FORM command; but if opened via my form Init method as above it is being opened readonly.
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>Are you passing it with the full path and extension? I just tried in command window
>
>USE GETFILE('scx') IN 0 AGAIN ALIAS mytable SHARED
>
>it woirked just fine.

There is a full path to the file. I can open (USE) the form, but it is READONLY. I have worked some more with this and it seems it is intermitten (do not know what's causing the behavior). So, my question is what would cause a readonly on a USE command? From the documentation of the USE command there is not an option for opening in READONLY mode (just SHARED or EXCLUSIVE). I can open the form normally with MODIF FORM so I know that the file is not marked READONLY (and can see from attributes in Win Explorer).

I would expect that the only way to have READONLY on a table (in this case a USEd form) is if the file attribute is READONLY; are there any other ways?