>>Erik:
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>>I'm getting 'file access denied' errors when browsing tables in shared mode while the application is running on the NT network. I do this sometimes using the data session window when I want to take a peek at the data during the day to see what is going on.
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>>Thanx,
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>Just a thought, Charlie. Whenever a record is added to the table, the header is locked (albeit briefly) so that the record count can be updated. I don't know for certain if this will cause a "file accessed denied", but my hunch is that it would.

Actually, this causes a "File is in use by another user". This contention can almost universally be solved with SET REPROCESS.

Charlie: when does this message happen?

Does you error handler record the line of code? If it happens at app startup, maybe you should be looking at your launcher program?