>>I have vfp tables on a network. I trap file #9589 when the network goes down and my app tries to access them, but need to close my orphaned work areas

>This is the third case this week. What's this, a timebomb in NT or just plain old M$ virus? George Tasker had something similar, though not caused by a timeout.

>Take a large shovel and start digging around NT... and please report here if you strike gold. This is just a hunch, and if I'm right, I'd rather be wrong.

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You do have a vivid imagination. I just want to stop my application from crashing when my kids switch off the other end of the network.

John Burton