>Hello,
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>I'd like to know what is the best practice to deal with the error 1104 - Error reading file .... The Help says "The operating system returned an error while Visual FoxPro was attempting to read the specified file."
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>Can I use a RETRY after some time ?

You usually see this when trying to access network files and there is some sort of serious network problem. Since VFP is so dependent on file I/O, once you start seeing this, all bets are off and you pretty much have to shut down your app as gracefully as possible.

If the app is on your local machine chances are you have a serious disk problem.

If it's with network files, fundamentally you have to fix the network problem.

Hopefully you're not using a wireless network - these are far too vulnerable to interference from 2.4GHz cordless phones, microwave ovens, other wireless networks in the area etc.