>Here's a stab in the dark, but if you have SET RESOURCE ON, the FOXUSER files will be active. A blind copy of all DBFs and FPTS will try to copy thse files and generate the error.
>

He might try doing a SET RESOURCE OFF, and then use the SHFileOperation() API call to make the copies.

>>As part of an archiving process I have a form that receives a destination directory and a time range
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>>I use mkdir() to create the desired directory tree, then COPY FILE ... to move the files
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>>copy .exe version, configs, ini
>>copy the dbc, dcx, dct
>>copy the dbf, cdx, fpt
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>>when I run the form from the form designer, it all works correctly, when I call it from the application menu the three database files will not copy and give me a file in use error. All of the other files copy correctly without complaint.
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>>I do not have anything in the data environment in the form, nothing is open in any datasession, no database is opened, nothing is used. I CLOSE ALL and so on. wait windows, watch windows, I cannot find anything. Nothing is open
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>>What am I missing??
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>>tia
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>>Al Allison