File access denied error on impemail.prg

[violetstarlight]

Bare with me, because I am a VB developer, new to FoxPro. I am maintaining an app built in FoxPro. I am trying to simply open a program file in the project manager by double clicking on it. But instead of getting my code, I am getting an error message that says "File access denied" in FoxPro. Any suggestions?

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Try before opening your project, in the command window:
SET EXCLUSIVE OFF
Mike Gagnon

 

[rgbean]

Are you using any source control? Is the file marked read-only. If on a network, any chance someone else has it open?

Rick

 

[violetstarlight]

In response to setting exlusive off, that did not work. But out of curiousity, what does set exlusive off do?

In response to source control, no we are not. And also, I am the only one working on this project, so it shouldn't be open anywhere else.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

what does set exlusive off do?

Specifies whether Visual FoxPro opens table files for exclusive or shared use on a network.

But if you are alone on the project, there might be something else at play.


Mike Gagnon

 

[rgbean]

The only other possibly that I can think of is a rights issue. If the files are on a network, are they marked as belonging to someone else? Do you have full access rights? You didn't indicate if they were marked read-only - any chance they were copied off a backup CD?

Rick

 

[violetstarlight]

well, I don't know what the problem was. I created a new project, moved the program into the new project and was able to access the code. Thank you all for your suggestions! I will definately be back again soon with more.