If I understand you correctly, here is an example of how I do it:

SELE 0
USE \profiler\data\control ALIAS ctrl
LOCAL lfile
lfile=ALIAS()
SELE 129 && just an example of moving to a different workarea
if !USED(lfile)
    SELE 0
    USE \profiler\data\control ALIAS ctrl
    wait WINDOW "had to open the table again"
else
    wait WINDOW "table is already in use"
    SELECT (lfile)
endif

Tracy


>Hello Doug:
>Thanks for you help.
>I know you mean,But if the table have been used,And the table name is a varible ,How to judge the table be used state.
>Usually we can do like this:
>if not used('tablealias')
>use table alias 'tablealias' in xx
>else
>sele 'tablealias'
>use
>use table alias 'tablealias' in xx
>endif
>
>sele xx
>But in that case ,What should I do?