Hello again Elia,

Have you tried referring the database along with its complete network name? Try using
open database \\server\dati\database shared
both in the client and the server, to see what happens.

>Hi to all, i am tring to open a database called "database.dcb" in a shared directory called C:\DATI on the 'server',and on the 'client' i have mapped the same directory with E:(\\SERVER\DATI). When i launch my application from the server OR from the client all is ok, but when i use simultaneusly the two application just i run the second accours the error 'access file denied' on the line OPEN DATABASE E:\database.dbc SHARED. The set exclusively is off. The problem is why if i use the application from the server or the client is OK and not simultaneusly??
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>thanks to all
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>Elia