>Yuri,
>Did you read my reply on Foxite? The culprit is using ADO on a text file. No matter what the mode is, it is ADO who is opening the file exclusively. StreamReader is innocent and really opens as readonly.
>
>PS: Schema.ini has no role. With or w/o it ADO would lock the file.
>Cetin

Cetin,

Can you please give a reference to your reply?