Hi David,

So, it is the way VFP work.
Any way to still open the project and force VFP
to close the DBC file, so that my project can
run without any problem ?


>Virusim,
>
>Also close the project, if it's open and you've expanded the Data node of the tree it'll open the DBC, which you can see because the database selection combobox on the standard toolbar will enable and the database will be listed there. If you collapse the Data tab before closing the project VFP will not automatically open the database the next time the project opens.
>
>>If my application use VFP DBC with some dbf file in it
>>and run my application in the IDE, my application which
>>open the dbc will give error that it can't open the
>>dbc file. My application open the DBC in share mode
>>
>>How can I allow my application to run in VFP IDE
>>as it seem like the IDE project is holding my
>>DBC file.
>>
>>This issue also happened when I open or modify
>>any of the dbf file, the dbc file is auto open
>>too, issuing 'Close database all', does not
>>help too.