>>>But how to get the OS to NOT return immediately to VFP (the OS queueing it's own FLUSHes for later execution), that is the question!
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>>Actually, this be done in VFP code. See Nathaniel Moody's post at Message #647125 for sample code using the FlushFileBuffers winapi function.
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>I must have missed that along the way. Thanks!

?!

This has got nothing to do with DBFs at the application level.

It's low-level file access with "handles".