>>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?
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>Matt,
>Are you using buffering? It sounds like Pessimistic Buffering is in place.
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>Barbara

Well.. Let me go look.

BTW. I am using the txtbtns class from VFP5 to control add/edit/delete/ and scrolling of the records.

In my DE, the parent and child table are buffermodeoveride=5 (optimistic), but the form buffermode is set to 0, default. What do you suggest about this setup?