Yes. I looked for that file and it is not on the drive. I used VFP's FILE() to confirm that file did not exist. That being the case, how come I can USE it?
>You're using cursor or table that is open with alias 'temp'. ? DBF("temp") should tell you the file name of it.
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>>Can someone tell me why this is so?
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>>SELECT * FROM somefile INTO CURSOR temp
>>*VFP says the file does not exist. It is also not visible in the explorer.
>>WAIT WINDOW (FILE(DBF("temp"))) && RETURNS .F.
>>*But I can USE it
>>USE DBF("temp") AGAIN IN 0 ALIAS test EXCLUSIVE && works in VFP 7 and 8!
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>>just Curious
>>Charles Richard