>>>Our office has a decent error handler currently, but needs one more piece to identify.
>>>
>>>Lets say in a program we have
>>>
>>>select * from SomeTable into cursor test1
>>>
>>>and the "SomeTable" is not yet opened, or part of the path. By default VFP will bring up the Open table dialog and wait for a response for the user to pick a file, or cancel. Only then, with the error get trapped upon return.
>>>
>>>Q: Is it possible to turn the automatic Open table dialog off so it goes directly to the error handler?
>>>
>>>TIA
>>
>>Probably, the better way is to check
>>IF USED("mytable") before firing SELECT-SQL.
>
>Yeah, I would, but I don't want to go back to every possible select statement and pre-verify all possible tables being opened. Especially when many of the queries are all generated on the fly, and the aliases Source can constantly change... Yes, I could apply the IF USED( lcNewSource ), but again, don't want to go back to every class/form to qualify other developers code.

IMO, it's the only way. If code is written poorly, then it got to be rewritten.