/ field....lessee, there was the "Locking the FPT file EXCLUSIVELY" (even / though Exclusive is set OFF and the only place I use a file exclusively That's not all. Ever tried Read Nolock (in FP2.x) on a memo field? Never worked - it _must_ lock the memo. I love memos, too. After just one year of using them, I couldn't imagine I've ever lived without them. Now it's more than six years, I'm simply an addict.