SET SAFETY OFF SET EXCLUSIVE on USE bookings IN 0 EXCLUSIVE &&I have tried it with and without the exclusive clause. Makes no difference. DELETE ALL PACK IF ISEXCLUSIVE( ) &&Just to check if there is exclusivity. returns .f. each time - no matter what I change around in the code. MESSAGEBOX('Table opened exclusive') ELSE MESSAGEBOX('Not opened exclusively') ENDIF SET EXCLUSIVE OFF SET SAFETY ON