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         if (SourceTables->Exists)
         {
            FSourceTable->Open();
         }
         if (FSourceTable->Active)
         {...
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The 'Active' property is false but Open() does not throw an exception.
I thought that Open() would throw an exception if it failed.  How do I
check to see why the table did not open?

Using: BCB4, BDE, Paradox table level 7, and TSesion<-TDatebase<-TTable.

Thanks in advance to anyone with help.

Hi Pierce,

The TDataset Open() doesn't raise any exception if it cannot
open the underlying table.
So you should wrap all further access to the Table in a Try/Catch
block in order to track the error and/or check the Active property to see it the Table is really opened.

HTH
Antonio