You're welcome.

>Thanks ever so much Tracy- Since I don't open the views in the dataenvironment it appears the retry method should work.
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>I searched the UT archives for error 1709 but didn't go back to 2002 to find the referenced thread. I was starting to sour on views, but if this works I will again sing their praises.
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>You have been most helpful and I am extremely grateful.
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>>I don't use Stonefield anymore (wish I did though) so I can't answer specifically for SDT, but you might look at:
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>>Re: Error 1709 object in use error Thread #661693 Message #661773
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>>>Thanks Tracy - I am using only local views. Sporatically the error message(1709) pops up saying a database object is being used by someone when I am trying to create a view. Just found out from the client it is not always the same view and it is happening to more than one person. I use grids extensively and have views as the recordsource for all my grids and they are opened a great many times as they navigate from form to form.
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>>>I never included a DBC in an application. I am using Stonefield SDT. Are there any downsides to including the DBC in the application. By local do you mean storing the DBC on each workstation. Sorry if I appear rather dense on all this. Life was much easier when there were only a few employees and the possibilites for conflict were rare.
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>>>>When sharing a dbc with many users and using remote views I've seen "database in use" errors. As far as I know, it typically is due to creating the remote views simultaneously which locks the database header temporarily I think. You can try creating a local dbc with views or include the dbc in your application.