Bob,
You want to be using RLOC() or FLOC(), and set the locking in a loop, with an appropriate message of your own.
>Hello,
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>I have an application that runs on a network, how can I give the end user a message other than "attempting to lock" while attempting to change info on a locked record and keep the application running with out freezing or making the other pc to release the record by exiting.
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>Thanks
>
>Bob
Rob