Hi,

I know its not always easy but can you cut this back a bit? Just for testing purposes can you change the alias to something else? Maybe a static value?

use &lcArchTable alias "Archive" in 0

Just to see if this improves the situation.

Probably not much help.

Jon

>I forgot to mention i need to open the original in exclusive mode (so i can delete and pack). I have been 'stuck' in this, so i may be missing the forest for the trees :)
>
>I am doing everything with variables...here's my code:
>
>if not used(m.tcOrigTable)
> use &tcOrigTable in 0 excl
>endif
>
>if not used(m.lcArchTableAlias)
> use &lcArchTable alias &lcArchTableAlias in 0
>endif
>
>The variables for the tables include the UNC path.
>
>Thank you kindly.