>George I am still confused about how date/time stamps of files are working. I am experimenting with the following code and the date/time stamp doesn't seem to be reliably updated until I close the file. This is surprising considering I am even trying a FLUSH command. Can you do a little experimenting with the code below and give me your thoughts on what you see? Thank you!! -Tim
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>use ANYTABLE
>=adir(af,"ANYTABLE.DBF")
>?af[1,4] && print out time stamp before changing table
>append blank
>flush
>=adir(af,"ANYTABLE.DBF")
>?af[1,4] && print out time stamp after append/flush - should be different
>use
>=adir(af,"ANYTABLE.DBF")
>?af[1,4] && print out time stamp after close - this seems to be reliable
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>>>Thank you for your ideas, George.
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>>>I just cloned the entire system into another area on the LAN and ran the test version. Whenever I added records, the date stamps *ARE* updated properly. Guess I will take a "snapshot" of the directory tomorrow, have my user enter some records, make sure she properly shuts down the app, then take another snapshot and compare the date/time stamps.
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>>>Dang it, this production support stuff is a drag...I was getting into learning VC++ until I was interrupted by this problem.
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>>Tell me about it. I go through stuff like this everyday. And people wonder why all my apps aren't converted from FPW 2.6 yet.< g > I've also been working on C++ for nearly a year (no time).
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>>Let me know if there's anything else I can help with.


File update timestamps do not occur with every write back to a file's content. It is only updated when the file is closed. This is normal, standard, OS behavior.