with little more coding everithing is possible :o)))
old_error = ON("ERROR")
flag_error = .f.
ON ERROR flag_error = .t.
USE Orders EXCLISIVE
IF flag_error
messageBox("AAAAAA! I can't Open the file")
ELSE
....
ENDIF
ON ERROR &old_error
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.