>Hello,
>
>I can't understand why the following code does not work:
>
> if used('selhdr.dbf')
> else
> use selhdr in 0 exclu
> endif
>
>I know that the table is being used in a workarea, yet it falls right through the first statement and tries to open the file again - thus causing an error. I've tried
>
> IF !used("selhdr.dbf")
>
> and that doesn't work either. Is there something in the environment that I'm failing to see, or something about the way this command works that I'm not aware of?
>

USED takes the Alias, not the filename.