Interestingly, when I tried to reply UT went down - I had to re-log and of course I lost my reply.

Anyway, I was suggesting

local lcAlias
lcAlias = juststem(lcGetFile)

use in select(lcAlias)

before trying to save the cursor.

>Hi All,
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>I am trying to implement a feature in my app. where I provide the ability to save a cursor (workarea) as a table. If I want to go back and continue where I was working, I would use getfile() to get the file name then
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>select * from (lcgetfile) into cursor bulkchg_rw readwrite
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>after working on the cursor, I want to be able to save it again, using puftile() but if I select the same file, I get a "File is in use" message.
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>I have tried an implicit "use in (lcgetfile)" as well as selecting lcgetfile, but neither resolves the issue. If I call the SET window, I can close it that way but can't seem to programatically.
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>Any ideas.. ( I could use the getfile as alias, but because of other actions being performed, I would prefer to keep the changes as a volatile workarea and only save when done.
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>Thanks in advance
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>Al