It may still help to place the statement before executing the erase statement.

>thank you for reply,
>i use it via program, thanks to explain.
>
>
>>>hi all,
>>> i try to erase *.fxp,
>>> i get error message
>>>File cannot be closed because outstanding references exist
>>>

>>>ERASE *.fxp
>>>

>>>thanks
>>
>>If you do this from command window, execute CLEAR PROGRAM first to insure the FXP is not cached in memory. Sometimes I have to execute it twice to clear the programs from memory.