Agnes,

Sure.
First of all, JUSTSTEM() should be Justpath() .. sorry... ;-)
So, if justpath(tablename) is empty, I use the File() function.
Because the File() function DOES return true for included tables.

E.g. :

loTest = newobject("Opendbf","Opendll.dll")
loTest.c_Path = ""
loTest.c_Table = "alias"
if loTest.OpenDbf() = .T.
&&& Succes
endif

define class Opendbf as session
datasession = 1 &&& you want to open it in the calling-session

c_Path = ""
c_Alias = ""
c_Table = ""
c_Excl = ""

procedure init
with this
.c_Path = ""
.c_Alias = ""
.c_Table = ""
.c_Excl = ""
endwith
endproc

procedure OpenDbf
local llSucces

if file(this.c_Path + this.c_Table+".dbf") .or. (empty(this.c_Path) .and. file(this.c_Table+".dbf"))
llSucces = .T.

endproc
enddefine

Guillaume,
Having problems to understand your IF.
Is table the table you want to open? I don't understand how it could be with an empty file name? Could you post a larger piece of your code so that I have a better idea?

Agnes

>Hi Agnes,
>
>Well, suppose you had a DLL which does all the handling of opening tables for you. That way, you could use the DLL in all your applications.
>You only give it the full path, index, alias and so on.
>But, imagine you use the dll and suddenly, you want to open an included table.
>I solved it by using IF empty(juststem(table) .and. FILE(alias)
>That way, i get TRUE and I know it's included.
>
>Greetz
>
>Guillaume
>
>Hi Guillaume,
>
>why do you need to know that? I figured out that is very tricky to know that a file opend is included under all circumstances , but maybe a specific workaround will do. Anyway, all of may possible ideas will work after openning the table. But you can close it again?