>>In the dim and distant (in Omnis), we used to use INT 21H under DOS/Windows to
>>perform byte-range locking over a portion of the file - perhaps that's what
>>VFP is doing.
>>
>>>Hi Jon,
>>>Imagine the following senario:
>>>Client locks a record on a file-server.
>>>Client's PC is turned off.
>>>IMO to correctly lock a record there should be no modifications to the dbf file.
>>>VFP has to use server's OS for this. But more or less exaclty how it is done is shrouded in mistery to me.
>>>Hope somebody could elluminate us on this issue.
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>This is a post which does not contain any information I've gained from working here: in fact, I _haven't_ gained any information on this subject by working here. I'm Support, not Product.
>
>With that said...
>
>Before working here, I heard that Fox actually locks the current location + 2G (which is the reason for the 2G limit). Is this what you're talking about up above, Robert?

Maybe they will believe you, I've posted the same response in three threads (including this thread) without any response.