>>First open up the SCX and find out what record 4 is.
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>Form2.SCX Class = "Form"
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>>Second are you running default or private data sessions.
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>I tried both
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>>Third, it is possible that there is some of the code within
>>your form is opening one of your files exclusively.
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>I made a dummy project with:
>- Database with one table "Table1"
>- One form (based on VFP class) with "Table1" in the data environment (Exclusive = .F.). Dragged the table into the form to create a grid. No other modifications done to the form
>- One main program that call the form and issue a READ EVENTS
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>Compile the project into a .EXE
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>Run the .EXE
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>In the status bar, I see that the table isn't open exclusive (when you open a table exclusively, you see "exclusive" in the status bar)
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>Run again the .EXE while the other one is still running. I get the error message at this point.


Isn't there an MDI property within the form?

Dan