>>>>>Second, there is the problem that your RLOCK is being limited to 10 attempts (of either 2 tries or 2 seconds each). a SAFER, simpler coding would be:
>>>>>DO WHILE NOT RLOCK()
>>>>>ENDDO
>>>>
>>>>This is cut in stone, but it might lock you're app forever...
>>>>
>>>
>>>Check out the command Set Reprocess AND Set Lock
>>>
>>>It sounds as if you may have Set Reprocess To 10
>>>as a default on your system.
>>
>>Why? I can't follow you here.
>>Vlad
>
>
>The above says "limited to 10 attempts" ... thats what the command Set Reprocess To ## does.

Yes. The problem is a little more complicate. (It's not my problem. :)) What I didn't understood was "It sounds as if...", because it was nothing there to sound as if... It's clear what Set Reprocess is doing.

Vlad