Thanks, that is what I am doing now, but just thought that there was a better way or command to use instead of doing ON ERROR all over the place

>>In a multi-user program, what is the easiest way to tell if a table is opened by another user. I need to use the table from time to time exclusivly to do maintainance and will need to make sure all users are out of the table.
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>>Thanks
>>Ron
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>Try to use the table exclusive. If someone else has the table open, you'll get an error. You can trap this with an ON ERROR handler.