>>>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

Todd,
Are you sure it does ? Use .. exclusive doesn't guarantee you're using it exclusive. ie:

use employee shared
select 0
use employee again alias myEmp exclusive
? IsExclusive('employee'), IsExclusive('myEmp')

Cetin

Cetin