>If I add a method to a DLL to open a table and
>return a value, the table is closed automatically
>when I come back out of the DLL, even though the
>DLL was instantiated in the same datasession.
>
>If I open the table before I go into the DLL and
>pass in the alias, I get an 'alias not found' OLE
>error from the dll.
>


It sounds like your in-process server is based on a form class with a private datasession. If this is the case, then the form is instantiating it's own DE with its own datasession just like any other form with a private datasession...


>So why is the DLL closing the table or not seeing
>it at all? Whats the solution here?