Mal,

Have you actually tried???

If not, then do so to confirm the documentation. I know for sure that SET REFRESH, since VFP3 now works more widely than for BROWSE. Suspect this is one of them.

For those of us who rely on the docs this situation is deplorable but continues unabated since the start of VFP.

Cheers,

JimN


>Daniel:
>
>Just checked it out.
>Sadly ... SET REFRESH works for brows only.
>It will update a brows screen at the SET REFRESH interval, but
>SELECT mytable
>? mytable.changed ... still does not display the new value.
>
>Thanks tho
>
>Mal
>
>>Mal,
>>Check out the SET REFRESH command.
>>HTH
>>>Hi:
>>>I thought this was supposed to work but ...
>>>
>>>OPEN DATABASE whatever SHARED
>>>SELECT 1
>>>USE mytable ALIAS mytable SHARED
>>>
>>>If I REPLACE a field in mytable, say field "changed", from another computer, I can't seem to get "changed" to show the new field info.
>>>
>>>i.e.
>>>-------------------------------------------------
>>>COMPUTER 1 where the database resides:
>>>SELECT mytable
>>>? mytable.changed ... displays "now"
>>>-------------------------------------------------
>>>COMPUTER 2:
>>>REPLACE changed WITH "never"
>>>-------------------------------------------------
>>>COMPUTER 1:
>>>? mytable.changed ... still displays "now"
>>>[or]
>>>SELECT mytable
>>>? mytable.changed ... still displays "now"
>>>-------------------------------------------------
>>>If, however, I BROWS then
>>>? mytable.changed ... displays the new info "never"
>>>
>>>How would I update mytable.changed without BROWS'ng
>>>or issueing a CLOSE then USE?
>>>
>>>TIA
>>>
>>>MAL