VFP does not check status of .DBF before opening. It uses one of Windows API functions to open the file and acts on the return value from it. The same goes for .CDX and .FPT.

>Sure, the .dbf is very little and the .fpt is over 100Mb. But shouldn't VFP also check the lockstatus of the .fpt besides the status of the .dbf before deciding that it's okay to use it?!
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