>I have Set Escape OFF (so that the user cann hit escape to interrupt)
>Howver, if I have one user with an Flock() on a file, and the other user tries to update it, a message comes up : Attempting to lock... Press ESC to cancel.
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>I'm wondering why is the Escape option appearng even though I have set escape off ...
SET ESCAPE controlls whether you can break out of the program, returning to the command prompt. For example, a LIST command can be interrupted, before it finishes, with the ESC command. This setting does not some specific uses of ESC, such as interrupting a lock attempt, or closing a BROWSE window.
> and is there a way to prevent the escape from being hit
See SET REPROCESS.
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