>>Is your DBC part of the project? If so, it is opening whenever you open your project.
>>
>>As far as closing it, I generally end up with
>>
>>Close Data All
>>Close all
>>Clear all
>>
>>That generally does it for me.
>
>No the DBC is not part of the project. If I modify the DBC first thing in the session, I have no problem.
>
>I don't want to "close all" and "clear all", because I keep some global variables and a toolbar active
>during development.
>
>I just want to close the database
>

Then try the Close Data All.


>Bill