>Exclusive is set off
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>Ok - then maybe I am not fully understanding how to set up for shared.
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>I tried to open the main form not through the project manager on the second session of VFP6 an I still get the "File Access Denied" error?
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>Where am I amiss?
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>:(


Frank;

If you have your files on your machine you can only open them for one session. To attempt to work on a project, form or class by opening up more than one instance will give you a "File Access Denied" error. VFP treats such files as if they were tables in exclusive mode. That way people cannot make changes at the same time or overwrite each others work.

If you want to work on files with other developers you can use a product like VSS. There are other ways to do this - like having a project on a Server and download a form, etc. to work on. You tell the other developer what you are doing. You upload when you are finished. There is a chance of your file changes being overwritten if you are not careful. The latest version will not be available to everyone.

Another way to do this is each developer has a part of an application under his/her project on a local machine. Completed elements are uploaded to the server to an application project. Class libraries can be "interesting" to maintain for more than one developer.

You should first define how many developers you have on a project and then design how to go about approaching your work. If you need any ideas let me know. Perhaps someone else will offer a different view point.


By the way are you using a commercial application framework, your own in house framework or none at all? Just as a matter of interest.

Tom