Hi, Ken!

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just wondering if anyone here knew how to tell WHO has locked a record?
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YOU <s> have to do this job! If your application locks a record, put some user information (i.e. SYS(0)) into a field of the locked record.
And if another user tries to lock this record, you can use this information to display or whatever!


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also is there a way of listing inside foxpro all the people that are currently running my EXE,
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It's also YOUR job <vbg>!
If your application starts, create a record in a TableOfActiveUsers, put the SYS(0) information in it - and lock(!!!!) this record.
Locking is necessary to find out is the related instance of a log record still alive or not (if an application crashes, locks are released automatically a short time after crashing)!


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and lastly is there a way to send people messages based on this?
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You can use email stuff to do this. Also you can use a BlackBoard file, which is watched by a timer or other ways to find out are there any new mails!