James,
I *did* provide an answer yesterday (or maybe day before). It was a bit long-winded to do again.
Cheers,
Jim N
>I have been asked to write an utility in VFP 5.0 to perform data maintenance on tables being acccessed by a FPW 2.6 application. This is a multi-user program being used twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.
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>This may seem like a stupid question, but can anyone think of a way to PACK tables, PACK MEMOs and re-create index tags without getting EXCLUSIVE use of the tables?
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>I am aware of a way to build an application where forms are going against offline views using the new CREATEOFFLINE() function. In such a scenario, data maintenance can be performed while users are working off-line. I am also aware that offline views can be based on FPW 2.6 tables without modifying the table headers. Unfortunately, my client is not prepared to re-write this gargantuan legacy application at the present time.
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>Any suggestions?
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>James McIlwrath,
>Mississauga, ON
>Canada
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