>I would propose that IsRlocked() would be useless if it worked the other way as >it does not tell you anything about whtehr you can or cannot get a lock. Is Rl >ocked() (as you would have it work) could return .F. and the very next line o f >code could fail on a lock attempt (because someone else got the lock between th >e two lines of code). Ther is only one way to kow if you can get a lcok rega rd >less of what functions any language has in it, that is to GET THE LOCK, if yo u >can yo will and if you can't you won't. Agree. As for function which could test for 'has anybody locked this record, excluding myself', it could look like this Func Lockable Local lockable_ll if rlock() lockable_ll=.t. unlock record recno() else lockable_ll=.f. endif return lockable_ll If we wanted a function to know if anyone (including myself) has locked the record, than it's iif(IsRlocked(), .t., not Lockable()) Therefore I think that Rlock() and IsRlocked() are quite sufficient to know what we need to know of a record's lock status. AFAIK, Fox has always had everything you need :)