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>>>>It look like some tables are open exclusively by another app.
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>>>That is what it looks like... but I thought that by having everyone leaving the app, the database would be totally released.
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>>>Does that mean that someone crashing the app, locks it in some way ?
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>>Sometime the OS can hold a handle of the file, but before investigating in this direction, try the most obvious cases.
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>>Also,I know, its stupid, but do you have open the table exclusively in VFP before running the app? In this case its easy to debug, close the table!
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>>:-)
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>On your second suggestion... No :( .
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>Not that I would have prefered it though...

Does this app is used in a network by a lot of users?