Hi Frank,

As discussed recently in another thread tcAlias is not necessary the table, which you're trying to open exclusively.

Actually, this presents a little bit of a problem, which requires a solution. Here is the problem:

You pass the table name and the alias.
The alias could be already in use, but is it the same table?

If not, do we want to close this table? But what if the passed table could not be opened exclusive?


>>I don't want to get error message if the table used!
>
>Use the Try-Catch in a method and return succes.
>
>
>Something like
>
>

 PROCEDURE OpenExclusive(tcAlias as String) as Boolean
>local llRetVal
>
>llRetVal = .T.
>
>if used(tcAlias)
>    select (tcAlias)
>
>else
>    select 0
>
>endif
>
>
>TRY
>    use (tcAlias) exclusive
>
>CATCH
>    *-- nope!
>    llRetVal = .F.
>
>ENDTRY
>
>return llRetVal
>ENDPROC

>
>then You can call it
>
>

>if OpenExclusive("Test")
>   *-- do my exclusive stuff
>else
>   *-- display a message or do something different
>endif

>
>
>Oh, and if You do not Have VFP 8+ You'll need to do something like this instead of the try..catch
>

>
>*-- disable the ErrorHandler
>lcWasError = on("ERROR")
>on ERROR *
>
>....
>
>use (tcAlias) exclusive
>
>llRetVal = used(tcAlias)
>
>*-- and reEnable the ErrorHandler
>on error &lcWasError

>
>
>
>HTH