>>>Does this statment not work if you specify a drive letter? I keep getting a .f. response when issuing a
>>> ~~ ?used("K:ledger") ~~ and I KNOW the file is in use!
>>>Thank you
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>>You don't have to put the drive leader. Just put the alias.
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>Sorry, I should have been a little more specific. I want to know if another user on the network has this file open.

Sorry about my last reply, it was not related to use USED() to see if the file is in use by someone else.

As someone else mentioned, you may try to use it exclusively, trap the error and react to see if it is already opened by someone else.