>I try to open a table in an empty work area ( use clientes in 0 ), but VFP keeps telling me that the file is in use. Yet when I use the view window to look at the work areas, I don´t see it listed.
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>the used() and alias() return de correct information.
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>Thanks
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>Carla
Carla,
used() and alias() operate with nWorkarea or cTableAlias, not real tablename. Try with dbf() also.

use customer in 0 alias myAlias
use customer in 0  && File in use message
* Window\data session would show myAlias not customer
* used("customer") and alias() would return .f. and "myAlias"
* dbf("myAlias") would return cDrive+cPath+"customer"

For a quick check you could use "display status" to see work areas with tablenames+aliases.
Cetin