Barbara,

Thanks for the tip. I'll be sure to keep this in mind.

Jason

>Jason,
>In addition to what Walter and Fred have said, remember that Set Exclusive on/off is scoped to the datasession. If
>your forms use private datasessions you must reset the value each time. Most of us put this code in our base form
>class, since there are a LOT of 'SET' commands scoped this way.

> HTH
> Barbara

>I am having a problem with a USE command. I am trying to open a file that is already open by multiple
>users. If I run the program from within FoxPro there are no problems. As soon as I compile the application
>and run it, the application returns a 'File Access Denied' error running the same procedure.
>
>Any Ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jason