Hmmm, I never thought anyone could be that fast! :) That is a good point. Someone could open the file in between even though it is such a short time.

Thanks, I'll make sure I include ON ERROR then.

Cecil

>You'll have to try to USE the table and catch the error with ON ERROR if it can't be opened. The reason you can't use FOPEN is that on a busy system, it is possible for a second user to open the table between the FOPEN and the USE.
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>>How do you check to see if a file is open without attempting to open it first?
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>>I looked at FOPEN(cFileName, nAttribute) and wonder if this would do the job, or is there more to this? I have done this a long time ago, I think.