Hi!

As far as I know, OpenFile() function with 0 as last parameter allow to open even file that opened elsewhere in VFP in exclusive mode (at least works for DBF files).

However, I'm wondered, because wontop() is not a file name, but just a name of the window. When you use filetostr(wontop()), this will try to read from a disk file with a name that matches to the topmost window name. Make no sense for me...

>Is the data in an open file available to a system variable or API call? For example, you cannot do a filetostr(wontop()) cause of a file acess denied. How does the Print function from File/Print work on an open file? Thanks