>Which brings me back to my question. Once a DBC has been opened for sharing, how can I close it so that I can
>open it for exclusive, without issueing "CLEAR ALL" or "CLOSE ALL". I have global variables and a toolbar active
>during development.
>
>Bill

Bill,

Ok here's the short version;

SET DATABASE TO MyDbc
CLOSE DATABASE
OPEN DATABASE MyDbc EXCLUSIVE