When you open the dbf the first time: USE MyDbf.dbf SHARED
When you open the dbf the second time: USE MyDbf.dbf AGAIN

And don't name your tables "a", "b", etc or any other name of just one letter. This will cause you other problems because the letters are reserved names of the first work areas.

Vlad

>I have a problem with FoxPro 2.6 installed in Netware 4.11 server.
>My workstations use Windows 95. I login use Netware Client 32 for Windows 95. In workstation X, I open file with command use a.dbf.
>In workstation Y, I open the same file and get error message : File acces denied. I think the right error message is file is in use.
>Why do FoxPro say file access denied? Do you have any experience?
>Thank you for your attention.
>
>Regards,
>Soegiarto