Try

CREATE CURSOR crs_at3_temp (fname c(1))
USE DBF("crs_at3_temp") AGAIN IN 3 ALIAS crs_at3
? SELECT("crs_at3")
USE IN crs_at3_temp

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>I was wondering something... If I select a work area and open a table, the table is opened in that work area (duh)...
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>SELECT 3
>USE TABLENAME.DBF
>? SELECT("tablename")
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>returns a 3
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>But if I do the following with a cursor ....
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>SELECT 3
>CREATE CURSOR crs_at3 (fname c(1))
>? SELECT("crs_at3")
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>...it opens it in work area 1.(i.e. the next available work area).
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>I KNOW that the above is not good coding but this is a legacy app and I can't go back and change it. Is there a way to FORCE a cursor to open in a particular work area??
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>Thanks for any ideas!!!