If the table is used excl in VFP elsewhere I can use the table AGAIN.

Ex. Use tmp AGAIN
Works even if tmp is being used EXCL somewhere else by a VFP app, it is opened READ ONLY.

However the same thing does not work if tmp is used by a 2.6 app. All I need to do is read from the table, not make any changes so READ ONLY is fine.

The error I get is file access denied.

Hope this clears the problem up.