I had the same problem because "set exclusive" was on so the lock was attempted on the DBC itself when issuing use table in 0 shared



>I am experiencing a problem whereby if I use a table shared I get the "Attempting to lock ..... ESC to cancel" message as if I am trying to get a lock.
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>This is happening on NT4 workstations on a Novell Network. VFP 6.
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>What doesa this mean ??