>>.....I almost forget, I'm trying to implement this feature (one at a timee) on Fox Pro Windows 2.6.
>
>In that case, the old indian trick goes like this:
>
>in config.fpw
>resource=off
>
>In start prg:
>set reso off
>NoGo=.f.
>on error NoGo=.t.
>use (set("resource",1) again excl
>use
>if NoGo
> quit
>endif
>set resource on
>
>Only make sure every instance of your app should attempt to open the same resource file; the easiest way is to have a foxuser.dbf on the local disk, and have a
>resource=c:\MyPath\foxuser.dbf
>in your app's config.fpw. It's a bit hard to provide the same directory and disk for every workstation (if this is a single-machine app, skip this), but it's manageable.
thanks...

I just have a question in this line
-use set("resource",1) again excl
that really works ?
can you use exclusive an already open table?