>>>>>...and let me give it a try with this. Suggesting this reshuffle of code:
>>>>>
>>>>>

SET ASSERTS ON
>>>>>use in select("language")
>>>>>
>>>>>If !File(xlngfile)
>>>>>	Return nesne
>>>>>Endif
>>>>>
>>>>>select 0
>>>>>Use (xlngfile) Alias Language Again Shared //----error occurs at this line
>>>>>

>>>>>Also, is it possible that the file is in exclusive use in another datasession? I know that normally that would cause a different error, but we're already long way from normal.
>>>>
>>>>That or similar (other process what ever, file locking no read access ...) was the idea behind my number 7
>>>
>>>I felt the deja vu watching over my shoulder, but I told it to shut up. Even if he's right, we're dancing the 2nd round already... so maybe one of the combinations will hit it.
>>
>>It's still the same thread and it's not solved so I have a bit more patience.
>>I will not say something bad, but there is an other thread active I will stop to answer the same stuff to 5th time ...
>
>Actually I jumped in mostly to show off the elegance of
>

use in select("language")

>Which will close the alias or do nothing if it wasn't open, thus skipping the "if used(..." check. When I saw that for the first time and understood what it does (and how), believe me, I had a smile on my face. (of course you believe me - had I said I had the smile somebody else's face, or elbow, that would be harder to believe...)

It needs me several minutes to figure out why it should work that way .... Had a smile myself. :)