>I test for network conflicts on data entry forms by running two simultaneous EXEs for User #1 and User #2.
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>User #1 runs a form.
>User #1 presses Edit button and starts editing record.
>User #2 runs same form.
>User #2 presses Edit button and gets my msg - Try later. Record in use.
>That works. But...
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>User #2 moves to previous record and comes back to same record User #1 is still editing.
>User #2 presses Edit button and gets system msg - Record is in use by another user.
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>Why does this happen? And how can I fix it?

Check the error number returned by the two errors - there's more than one error related to 'record is in use' related to the buffer more and TABLEUPDATE() status - I've seen this where the view and underlying table are both buffered; the record was TABLEUPDATED() in the view, but not in the underlying table.

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>I have ON ERROR trap where I test RLOCK() for .T. or .F. to display my msg. The first time User #2 pressed Edit button, RLOCK() was .F. and got my msg, but after User #2 moved the record pointer and returned to the original record RLOCK() was .T. and didn't get my msg, but got the system msg instead. I read that moving the record pointer can UNLOCK the record, but if User #1 is still editing the record, how can that happen?
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>Thanks for the help.