>Hi There,
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>I'm trying to test a database container to see if it is being used by any users before doing an exclusive open on it. I need to do this test without generating a VFP error event.
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>I do not want to use the ON ERROR command to trap the error message that is generated.
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>Does anyone have a good way of doing this?
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>Thanks in advance,
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>Ben Holton

Hello Ben,

Another way is to open the DBC using low level function FOPEN(). if FOPEN() returns -1 then check the failure using FERROR() and error is 'File access denied' do whatever you want to do.

Bye
Jayesh