I can not reproduce this behavior. I have VFP 6.0 and VFP 7.0 running at the same time. If I open a dbf exclusive in one version, I can open it AGAIN in the same version, but I can not open it at all in the other version.

>>If the table is used excl in VFP elsewhere I can use the table AGAIN.
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>>Ex. Use tmp AGAIN
>>Works even if tmp is being used EXCL somewhere else by a VFP app, it is opened READ ONLY.
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>>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.
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>>The error I get is file access denied.
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>>Hope this clears the problem up.
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>I think you are mistaken. Just try this then :
>Launch VFP and open a table exclusive
>Launch another one and try to use the same table in any way.
>Can you ?
>Cetin