>Hi all,
> I've got a window open that on entry USEs and SELECTs a dbf. I grab some data from the dbf to set up the window. I DO a prog from a button on the window. The prog does a HIDE WINDOW and tries to access the dbf. Not there. I tried SELECT(dbf) and got a 0 (zero).
>Where did the dbf go? I can't find anywhere that I USE the dbf.
>
> It's annoying because I GO to a particular record in the window and need to do additional extraction from the dbf in my prog.
>
>TIA
I wrote a quick test screen like you described which worked fine. I suggest you trace that part of the program using SELECT('yourdbf') as a breakpoint to see what's in the code when the DBF closes.
David.