RECCOUNT() ??

Are you saying that something like

a=reccount()

do while reccount() = a
= sleeper(1)
enddo
go bott

will detect faster than

do while .not. found()
= sleeper(1)
locate for l_new
enddo

?

Even if so, my condition test is most often a condition change, not a new record!

Or are you saying that just adding reccount()

do while .not. found()
= sleeper(1)
=reccount()
locate for l_new
enddo

will speed things up?

With UNLOCK() on the write side, the delay other than the sleep loop now seems tiny anyway , before adding UNLOCK the delay was about 5 seconds, and unrelated to the REFRESH settings.


Mike