>Yes, you are right. we can make use of AUSED() and get the result. But I feel it is bug in Foxpro. Because we cannot use USED().
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>Thanks,

It's not a bug because USED() function works as intended. You don't have to use ALIAS clause in USE command. If you do it's yours responcibility as a developer to track table usage. If you don't want to do that than you can use AUSED() function to check for it.