>Hello,
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> I am getting an error when I try to open a table in VFP 3.0. I am using the command: USE x.dbf ALIAS x AGAIN SHARED. The error is 'file access denied'. Can anyone tell me what might be going on here? The file is not read-only.
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>Thank you.

Probably opened by someone exclusively. Have you had any other error messages before opening the table? BTW, if the alias you want is the same as the table name stem ( eg. stem.dbf ), you don't need the "ALIAS x" clause. The alias defaults to the table's stem name.

Bill