Hi!

Record locking usually refreshes internal VFP buffer values for locked record fields. There is no refreshing for a single field, only on the level of a single record.

You can though read a DBF file on the low level at offset where your field is located, but this requires some coding...

HTH.

>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
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>Jos