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Visual FoxPro
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Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
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>Hi Bruce,
>
>I heard a rumor once that hitting Ctrl+Alt+Del before hitting the Reset/Power button will flush buffered data.
>
>Have no idea if it is true or not, but for the extra keystroke I do it just in case. Can't hurt to suggest that to your users too if they ever get to the poit of hitting the reboot button.

Exactly, that's what I meant with the End Task, hit Ctrl+Alt+Del once to bring up the Task List and close any "Not Responding" apps from there...it will often save data. I try to inform users to always do that, if possible, but some of them don't listen (until they've lost data, anyway)...
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.
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