>>Can someone out there try this and see if they get the same response.
>>
>>Open a table as shared from a database in a private datasession.
>>Then run the following command on the fullpath to the table you have opened, using another form with its own private data session.
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>>lcfile = FULLPATH TO THE TABLE YOU HAVE OPENED e.g. c:\temp\table1.dbf
>>lnfilehandle=fopen(lcfile,0)
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>>Is the result in lnfilehandle less than 0, which indicates that fopen could not get a readonly open, which I think means that the table is being seen as exclusively opened.
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>>Let me know your results.
>>
>>I am trying this where the table resides on our Novell server, but I would be interested in any results.
>>
>>Thanks for your time.
>Brett,
>Table is shared but fopen tries to open it exclusive. To open in shared mode you should use winapi. You might try focus functions (www.fastwrite.com).
>Cetin

According to the help files an FOPEN(fname,0) with the 0 option trys to open the fname file as read only. This worked in FoxPro 2.x or seemed to, but VFP reports back differently.