Bruce writes: ... > >>Is there any way for a user process to get the actual name of an open > >>data base? I'm looking for the fully-qualified MPE filename of the root > >>file that was actually opened. ... > Based on Paul's suggestion, I tried this using FLABELINFO instead of Although this caution may not apply to Bruce's environment, I have to point out that neither FOPEN (dbname) nor FLABELINFO (dbname) are guaranteed to work correctly: 1) a :RESET or a :FILE command could have been done since the DBOPEN, causing the subsequent FOPEN/FLABELINFO (dbname) to get the *wrong* (or no) database. 2) The FOPEN could fail for a variety of reasons (e.g., too many files open, exclusive access). I've passed a request for an new DBINFO item (to return the name of the database) to the IMAGE lab. -- Stan Sieler [log in to unmask] http://www.allegro.com/sieler.html