>>>I have a multi-user app in VFP5. If one user is viewing a certain record, while another is trying an save changes to that same record, we get a message "Attempting to loack record... Press ESC to cancel".
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>>>Table buffering is not being used, but neither if rlock() or lock() methods.
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>>If the other user is simply saving changes, then this should only take a flash and the message would go away. Sounds like the record is being left locked for a period of time. The message is normal under unbuffered conditions.
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>Actually I am using the txtbtns class from VFP5 to handle all adding, saving, and scrolling of the record pointer. I wonder if it is locking records when the user is only scrolling the record pointer?

Hi Matt, You could "set statusbar on" to see if the record is getting locked, or use the sys(2011) function.