OK I have one free table in my application that is shared with other applications (VFP and none VFP). This file is sitting on the netware drive and needs to be updated everytime a person runs my app. The file represents a login/logout file. So I need a strategy on locking the free table and updating the user record. Can anyone help on a bullit proof/non deadly embrace way of updating the multi-user free table on a netware drive. Thanks In Advance