>I am having a problem using a table that is being used by a 2.6 program. The table is used excl in 2.6. I am developing my prg in visual 6.0 and have tried using the table AGAIN, SHARED, and even as an alias. All these commands work fine for using a table used excl in other 6.0 apps. The problem only occurs when the old 2.6 app is running when my prg is called. Any ideas?

You mean you can use VFP6.0 tables used exclusively elsewhere ??? Are you sure of this. In VFP set exclusive is scoped to current data session and you might be thinking you're using exclusive.
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