>Hi All
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>Another user on a network can change a particular field value in a dbf file from time to time. I want to check this field value now and then. What is the best way for me to pick up the new value?
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>SET REFRESH appears to apply to all open files which seems a waste since I am only interested in a single field from a single file. USE the file, read the field, close the file, and then re-USE the file seems like a lot of work too.
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>Is there a simple way to force VFP to re-read just the value of a particular field from a particular file?
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>Using VFP7.
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>TIA
>
>Jos

Jos,

If you have a form with a textbox, just form.textbox.Refresh() will do

If it's an open table

go recno('AliasOfTable') in AliasOfTable && refreshes buffer
? AliasOfTable.Field1