>Hi,
>I am facing below problem in Visual Foxpro. Here is the problem & little code.

>SELECT 0
>USE Employee ALIAS Empl && ( This file is opened in someother Function)
>* When control comes back, I am trying to open once again.
>SELECT 0
>USE Employee

>IT SAYS 'FILE IS IN USE'. So now how do I know that file is already opened. >Now suppose I will make use of USED() function.

>IF USED('EMPLOYEE') - IT SAYS NO. Because it checks with ALIAS not table name.

>Ofcourse I have solution for this using AUSED() function. Get an array and >find out each Alias's table name using DBF().

>BUT MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY FUNCTION WHICH CHECKS WITH TABLE NAME INSTEAD >OF ALIAS ?

Not that I know....
I believe if you issue a "again" clause you can open a table multiple times.