>>When I select a cursor in the DE, and drop down the property in the prop sheet for BufferModeOverride, I see six
>>options, 0 - 5. The help file for BufferModeOverride shows only two options - 3 and 5.
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>>Is this a mistake, or am I missong something?
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>Strange. Probably options 3 and 5 (optimistic buffering) are the most important ones, but that is really no reason to eliminate all the other options from help.
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>For your information, here is the help (more complete) for VFP 6:
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>0 None. No buffering is done.
>1 (Default) Use form Setting. Uses the BufferMode property set at the form or form set level.
>2 Pessimistic row buffering. Locks the record and buffers the changes until the record pointer moves. You can use TABLEREVERT( ) to undo your changes.
>3 Optimistic row buffering. Allows edits to a single record and locks the record only when it is written to disk. You can use TABLEREVERT( ) to undo your changes.
>4 Pessimistic table buffering. Locks each record edited, but records are not written to disk until TABLEUPDATE( ) is called. You can use TABLEREVERT( ) to undo your changes.
>5 Optimistic table buffering. Allows edits to all records and does not lock them until the records are written to disk with TABLEUPDATE( ). You can use TABLEREVERT( ) to undo your changes.
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That's what it looks like - 0 means Dont Buffer, and 1 means "Dont change it from
the form's setting", and 2-5 are the same as CURSORSETPROP,so it sort of makes sense.
Although I agree - all should be in the help.