>>Todd,
>>What does ferror() return ?
>>Still I see typos (?) in paths and still believe you're passing wrong path >info to fopen().
>>Cetin
>
>ImportFileLnsCurrent = "\\dev\backporch\imp_tabs\w52_lns"
>Handle = FOPEN(ImportFileLnsCurrent + ".dbf",12)
>a =ferror()
>? a
>
>returns 5. (Access Denied)
>
>Then I type the following and it lets me use the table.
>
>use "\\dev\backporch\imp_tabs\w52_lns"

>It's in use elsewhere.
>Cetin

It allows me to use it exclusive. I would think that it would return file access denied.

Todd