Mike, the parentheses are not necessary. What was wrong was the missing "IN 0". Attempting to open the DBF() of the cursor in the same work area in which the cursor itself was open caused the cursor to be closed, which deletes the temporary file, which results in the "file not found" error.

The following works fine:

   SELECT * FROM myTable into cursor myCursor
   SELECT myCursor  && this is redundant, but OK
   USE DBF() AGAIN IN 0 ALIAS myTable

If the cursor is not the selected work area, then you can write

USE DBF("myCursor") AGAIN IN 0 ALIAS myTable

>Hi Michelle,
>
>>USE DBF() ALIAS testcur AGAIN
>
>This needs to be
>
>USE (DBF()) ALIAS testcur AGAIN IN 0
>
>Without the () you are looking for a file called dbf().dbf, and without the IN 0 you actually are closing the cursor. USE will close whatever is in the current wa and then open the new file, thats why you can do:
>
>USE Table SHARED
>USE Table EXCL