Jim ---
Found it. Article Q152186 details problems when not explicitly locking reads and writes. It reads as if they are telling you to pessimistic lock in VFP terms. It does say Win98 solves the problem.
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
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