>

>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
>

So it's indeed opening the table exclusive huh? Where is this table stored? Is on on your local machine or a server somewhere? One thing that VFP does when you issue a PACK is create some temp files - perhaps there is a rights issue with whatever that temp folder is ??