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>>I don't even know what SMB2 is but suspect this is only an early example of VFP, in its discontinued state, falling out of step with advancing OS releases. They sure aren't going to hold back Windows features for the sake of FoxPro compatibility.
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>>PS -- Uh, CLOSE DATA ALL? ;-) Hopefully this is just demo utility code.
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>Nope.. it illustrates a bug in the network file system SMB2 protocol which affects shared files. Thus not only VFP databases but also MS ACCESS or anything that allows multiple users to write to one file at a given time.
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>It tells that new introduced things are just not ready for primetime.... so disable it on your W2008 servers and vista workstations.

I am in awe of you people. How do you possibly know all these tidbits? I'd like to go Dutch <g> on this extreme esoteric information sharing, but I can't remember one single extreme esoteric tidbit right now. One will probably pop into my mind during my next mountain bike ride and cause me to crash into the bushes...

But seriously, thanks for the explanation! One of my customers is about to install my VFP -based app on their Win 2008 server, and now I can head them off at the pass and look like the techno wizard that I am (not.)