Steve,

In the Destroy() of your form you should:

use in curx

to close the cursor. This way your form will properly clean up after itself.

The used() function will tell you if an alias is open.

>In a programme, I create a readwrite cursor (eg- curx). The cursor remains active after the programme is over.
>I relaunch the programme again which has the same code to create the same cursor. I get the error "Alias name already in Use"
>
>I'm sure my questions may have simple answers:
>
>One , what is the code to find out whether curx is open?
>Two, if open, what is the code to close only curx?
>Three, is there any flaw in my program, because normal cursors are supposed to overwrite existing cursors?