>Is it true that VFP locks files to be updated automatically when
>then Buffering status is setted to "4"(Ver 3.0 in Win 3.11)?
>Do I need to manually issue a FLOCK command to lock the file?
>Pls advise. Also please advise on what need to be taken care
>when developing VFP in a Novell network environment?
>(It's my first time developing in network...)Thanks a lot.
>
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I prefer row locking, and use file locking only when absolutely necessary. Row locks are easier to get in a multi-user environment. No record can be locked in order to get a file lock. Since VFP came out, I almost always use optimistic row buffering (SET EXLUSIVE OFF, SET MULTILOCKS ON). With some exceptions, I let VFP handle all the locking for me.

There are other threads here that I have participated on that describe pros/cons of how to add new records - SQL-Insert, append blank, append from, etc. The latest thread on this was no longer than 1 to 2 weeks ago.

There are also some Knowledge Base articles (red dice) -- FAQs, Win32 -- on getting user names, system data/time, etc from Novell systems.