Oscar,
I read the whole thread.
I haven't idea.
I hope you try Tore's suggestion.
Debug the process where you update this fields of a record. Is there all OK?
HTH

>Hi Vladimir:
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>Unfortunately, the process I’m trying to run does not use a user interface. I’m’ trying to set some fields to a certain status according to actions of users on different machines for later display. Right now what happens is that users get the same record since changes are not reflected right away.
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>>Hi Oscar,
>>1. If you use buffering you need tableupdate where the fields are updated.
>>2. To see changes made to such fields from other machines you need to read again this table regular with timer in form or with another way
>>- if the table is recordsource of grid with thisform.Grid1.Refresh()
>>- if the table is recordsource of Combo Combo1.Requery()
>>- ...
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>>>Hi all
>>>
>>>I’m using a shared table to update certain fields of a recor. However I’m not being able to see changes made to such fields from other machines until the table used by the machine is closed (no browse window by the rest of the users).
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>>>What can I do in order to have other users to see the changes immediately.
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>>>Thanks in advance for any hints.
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>>>Regards
>>>
>>>Oscar Corte