Subject Re: accessing the dbase table opened automatically From Bruce Beacham <bbeacham@no-plm-lowman.co.uk> Date Thu, 20 Feb 2014 10:35:04 +0000 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started > use "c:\some\dir\table.dbf" Now it's opened by PLUS with an sql tool. > simple way to switch to the table that is already being displayed > without having to type the name again or selecting it in the file > open dialog? Try the function below. Bruce Beacham ********************** * GrabBrowse.prg * Catches the table that was opened in an instance of PLUS *  by double-clicking on a table in Windows Explorer. * Sets the query as _app.q. * Reports the tablename. * Returns the query. * Opens the table with USE. * Same as CatchBrowse.prg private q q = findinstance("query") ? q.rowset.tablename _app.q = q if not empty(findinstance("query", q))     msgbox("There is more than one query active:  ";        + findinstance("query", q).rowset.tablename ;        + chr(13) + "But still put in _app.q and USEd.", ;        "GrabBrowse", 48) endif use (q.rowset.tablename) return (q) **********************