>Hello,
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>For any reason, a long running process sometimes stops and display the 'Open dialog' window, so I need to trace this problem.
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>How can I avoid the process to stop by using a Try/Catch structure and keep some log or notify me by email, etc.
>I have been testing, but the error is trapped after I press ESC on the 'Open dialog', not before.
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>Is it possible to avoid this default behaviour of Foxpro asking me to locate a file?
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>Thanks.
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>
>Juan C.

VFP9 has the SET TABLEPROMPT command. You probably need to figure out why your table isn't open if since you're using VFP8 or you'll need to upgrade.