Not the best method in a mulit-user environment, though. You must agree there are problems with this method.

Joseph

> Hi guys, even that I use "Buffering", what
>I do is lock the record before letting the user to make
> any changes, like in the old days:
>
>IF RLOCK()
>* Call code to edit record
> =TABLEUPDATE(.t.)
> UNLOCK
>ELSE
> *=messagebox("Record is in use by another, try later.")
>ENDIF