>Hi All ---
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>Running VFP6 SP3: Have something really weird (at least to me) going on. I have a Form with a Private DataSession. It can launch a modal Form using the Default DataSession (it inherits the table from the DataSession of the parent Form).
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>As an experiment, I changed the child Form to Modeless. Ran the application; opened the parent and the child. Went back to the parent and closed it. The child Form still works fine.
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>What is going on here? I thought when I closed the parent Form, I'd get "table not available" or some other error message because the DataSession that opened the table is now gone.

Is the AutocloseTables property in the parent form's DE set to .F.? Generally a Datasession won't die until all tables are closed and any conflicts resolved. IOW, it's not directly tied to a form. (NOw with the Session class, not even symbolically attached to the form).