Is there any way to change the default behavior of VFP when error 52 occurs ( no table is open in the current workarea)? A dialog box pops up to select a table and stays up until the correct table is selected. How can I keep the dialog box from coming us and just trap the error myself? For example, if table "T" is not open and I code "Repl t.x with something" the dialog box to open a table will appear. The user has no idea what table is supposed to open and the only way out is to shut the machine down. Since the error never actually occurs I can't even trap it in development mode. There must be some setting I am not aware of to change this behavior. Thanks.