>>Is it still trying to pack/reindex? Sounds like it may be hitting a command that's looking for a table & it's not finding one.
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>All I am trying to do is gain exclusive use of a table for only 1 or 2 seconds and if I can't get it, that is ok, but I want my program to continue. I tried on error to have it ignore the "in use" message and continue, but for some reason it keeps popping up a open table dialog box when it tries to use the table exclusive. How do I tell the program to ignore this? Can anyone help me on this one?

Kevin,

What exactly is error message number and text? Can you post your code? WHich line in your code triggers open table dialog?