Right - it "should." :) But doesn't. I just copied the FPD2.5 screen (where I set EXCLUSIVE OFF and didn't use the SHARED keyword) into the FPW2.6 system and had the error. Adding SHARED fixed it. I don't get it.

>It should work the same in FPW 2.6.
>
>>Thanks much. That did the trick. It surprised me, however, that I had to add the SHARED keyword to each USE statement. In FPD 2.5, setting EXCLUSIVE OFF was enough. This screen was imported directly from FPD 2.5.
>>
>>>Make sure that table is open shared.

SET EXCLUSIVE OFF
>>>...
>>>USE Orders SHARED

>>>
>>>>I have a FPW 2.6 screen set up for users to modify the Orders table. When a user enters and leaves this screen, nobody else can get into it. They get a "File Access Denied" error at the line where the screen tries to open the Orders table.
>>>>
>>>>I have all tables opened when the screen starts and closed when the screen closes. All DBF, CDX and FPT files are ATTRIB -R. And I'm out of ideas.
>>>>
>>>>Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much!
>>>>
>>>>John