>In Visual FoxPro 3, the DataEnvironment was not doing the AutoCloseTables() if it wasn't loaded in the situation where the Load() returned .F. and that AutoOpenTables=.F.
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>Now, in Visual FoxPro 5, in the same situation, the AutoCloseTables() is done.
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>Another unbackward compatibility which forces another change in the framework. :(

I think it was not quite working right in VFP 3.0 and it is now doing the proper behavior.