That makes a lot of sense. My PC does seems to have network problems once in a while. That might be whats happening, but this happens on my boss's PC also.

Thanks for the info.

Jerry



>Are you noticing that the network is particularly slow when this error happens? Mayhaps what is happening is that YOU think you've released everything, but the network disagrees because it either a) dropped the packet that said 'Let go of the .FXP' or b) it hasn't had time to process the request.
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>>No, the VFP Program menu does NOT show any program running, and in the command window I do CLEAR ALL, CLEAR PROGAM, CLEAR MEMORY, RELEASE ALL, CLEAR WINDOWS, CLOSE ALL and other commands.
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>>This is very strange. It only happens while working with certain .PRGs. I can't reproduce it on command but it does popup every so often.
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>>Thanks,
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>>Jerry
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>>>Is it possible you're SUSPENDed after encountering a bug?
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>>>If that's the case, yes the FXP is in use. <g> Try CANCEL the next time it happens.
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>>>Dan
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>>>>Tried that, but I can't delete it either. The .FXP file is said to be in use.
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>>>>Thanks,
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>>>>Jerry
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>>>>>Maybe just delete the .fxp file??
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>>>>>>Using VFP7, after I finish running a .PRG and make a change to it then go to re-compile the .prg, I'll get an error cannot create myprg.fxp. (I didn't get the exact error message). This happens only once in a while
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>>>>>>VFP thinks that this .FXP is still in use but the program is not running. In the command window, I CLEAR ALL, CLEAR PROGRAM, CLEAR MEMORY, RELEASE ALL, etc... but my VFP session keeps a file lock on that .FXP.
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>>>>>>These files are on a network drive, but no one else is using this file. My only solution is to quit VFP and restart it. Then I can re-compile myprg.prg.
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>>>>>>Is there a command I can use to release this file? What causes this?
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>>>>>>Thanks,
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>>>>>>Jerry