>Timothy-
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>> I was talking with respect to network shares. But I tried your example and a no go.
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>I can open two instances of VFP, use a file (non-exclusively) in one, and append from it in the second VFP session. Are you sure you used it shared?
yes all users run an application whcih uses the said files UNEXCLUSIVELY.
with that in mind, Can I, at any time, use them too and copy to other files from them.
thank you
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