I have a database which used to contain some tables. I needed to free the tables as part of a series of changes to the data model. I am using SDT in my application (as part of a Visual Extend Framework). Normally when I send the new executable, I send my dbc files & my meta files (COREMETA, SDTMETA, SDTUSER, DBCXREG. When I 'practice' on a copy of my clients data (running the runtime, jsut as they do), I get an error saying it cannot link one of the newly free tables with the database, missing or duplicate fields, and it asks if I want to free the table. When I say yes I get an error that the files must be opened exclusively - which I don't have control of because it is happening within the application as it opens the files for login. How can I resolve this at the client end through a runtime?

TIA

Sandi Cassidy