Thanks I'll try tommorow.

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>>use unitlinked in 0 alias policy
>>use reinsurance in 0
>>select policy && doesn't select table
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>Try it without the "" around the alias name
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>>>What's the real name of the table? If the table name includes illegal characters than alias it's open under will not be the same as table name.
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>>AFAIK the real name of the table doesn't include any illegal character (BTW what are those illegal characters). I have included a .h file in the program with the fullpath to a table :
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>>#define unitlinked "h:\general\2004\blryear.dbf"
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>>In the program I do then :
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>>use unitlinked in 0 alias "policy"
>>use reinsurance in 0
>>select policy && doesn't select table
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>>So my previous post wasn't complete....sorry for that.
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>>>>I have the following syntax
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>>>>use mytable in 0
>>>>use mytable1 in 0
>>>>select mytable && doesn't select table
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>>>>I perform some indexing after select mytable on the table,but I get an error that ther is no table open in the current workarea, when I let the program stop after select mytable, indeed in the browswer window mytable is not selected.
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