>>>I find it interesting that if you USE a table with AGAIN even if the table is not open, VFP opens the table and ignores AGAIN. So basically there is no harm in using AGAIN every time.
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>>There was some obscure problem found by my colleague Mike Asherman. If you opened the table exclusive or with noupdate, for example, the second opening of the table doesn't change the status.
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>Wasn't than fixed in VFP8 or thereabouts?

No, I think it's by design.