I notice that in VFP7 and later if .FXP is cached it's locked which wasn't the case in FPD 2.6.
>Thanks Sergey.
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>UPDATE:
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>Belay that request. I did close down VFP (which DID NOT have proc1 open, but has had) and now all's well. Go figure!
>Is there something like a "ghost" of it left in VFP's memory or something?
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>>Try to close your VFP7.
--sb--