>> Does anyone have a better alternative or suggestions on how to recognize
>> which tables are opened on a network application? ASCAN and AUSED aren't
>> doing the trick
>
>used or aused will only work with a local machine on a network you can either trap for
>the error of trying to open a file exclusively
>or use a table which will list which user is currently using a table - the record will be
>cleared when the user closes the table he uses.
>(an added benefiet will be you'll know which user it was that closed his app with out
>shutting the app when the dbf will get curropted (s) )
>
>Arnon


Thanks for the tip - I used the table solution - it works just fine.

AL