>Hello Alejandro
>
>This function works with any file not just a dbf.
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>	* Function returns true if file or table can be locked for writing
>	Func LOCKABLE
>	Lparam lcFile
>	Local lcRetval,liHandle
>	lcRetval=.f.
>	liHandle=fopen(lcFile,12)
>	If liHandle>0
>		lcRetval=.t.
>		=fclose(liHandle)
>	Endif
>	Return lcRetval
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This does not reliably work. The only reliable way to tell if a file is open exclusively is to try to USE it exclusively and then trap the error.