>Hi,
>I wrote a progam to search and list screens that referenced the passed parameter.
>it's a simple loop thru an array created by ADIR.
>It says "use (laForm)" then I scan the properties for reference to the parameter, blah, blah, blah.
>
>My problem is that if my buddy has a screen open, my program bombs.
>Q. How do I determine if a form is open for editing somewhere and then bypass my attempt to open the .SCX?
>Thanks.

Can you just try with a custom error handler (TRY/CATCH in VFP8 and up) ?