You could try setting the autoopentables = .f. and then try to FOPEN the file. (FOPEN is not my idea, but has been suggested in other similar threads, so you'll probably want to search for those threads.)

HTH

>I've rarely ever put code into the DataEnvironment, but am researching for someone how to stop a second user from bringing up a form that another user has opened where the tables involved are opened exclusively. User1 - Form1 - Opens 2 tables exclusively........