>>>>>When I do

USE FileDoesNotExist

an ''Open" Dialog Window pops up. How can I prevent that from happening? In a batchjob I rather have the error number (that can be written to a log file) than that user interactive window.
>>>>>
>>>>>By the way, yes I know I might check for the existence, but that's not the issue here. Is there some command that will disable that type of semi-intelligent handling?
>>>>
>>>>Check SET TABLEPROMPT command in Help (VFP9 only).
>>>
>>>Ah, that's the one indeed! I had seen it once, but forgotten its name. The weird thing is that I checked all SET commands, I thought. :-)
>>>
>>>Thanx.
>>
>>Took me a few minutes to remember as well.
>
>By the way, my example was incorrect. USE FileDoesNotExist will generate an error. But BROWSE in an area without a table/cursor will open that dialog box.

And that's exactly why we asked for this setting, and eventually got it.