Hi Robert.
Take a look at:
1) Set Reprocess command;
Specifies how many times and for how long Visual FoxPro attempts to lock a file or record after an unsuccessful locking attempt.
2) TableUpdate command.
This command has another parameters that you can specify to try to understand what is happening.
Emerson Santon Reed
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