BUG: "File Is In Use" Error When Opening an Encrypted Table

• Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

A "File Is In Use" error is the result of an attempt to open a table for the second time when the table is encrypted (or included) in an application.

RESOLUTION

Do not include the table in the project, or copy the table in the application to a new file on the hard disk.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Create a new project.

2. Create and add a new program containing the following code to the project:

   CLOSE DATABASES USE customer IN 0 AGAIN ALIAS x USE customer IN 0 AGAIN ALIAS y

3. Add a table named Customer to the project.

4. Build the project into an application.

5. Move the application to a directory other than where the data tables are located, and execute it from within FoxPro.