Mike Yearwood
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hi Mike
All I can suggest is a timer that the program is always running on each client's PC. This timer checks for the existence of a file in a shared location on the network. Once this file is detected, the app shuts down. Leaving you free access to the files.
>I am now realizing that my current code will not work on a Network with multiple users.
>
>i.e. Suppose I need exclusive access to a .dbf file that could be shared by other users.
>
>I would normally write:
>
>if used("MyFile")
> select MyFile
> use
>endif
>
>use MyFile excl
>
>I now realize that used("MyFile")
>returns .t. if I am using it
>but returns .f. if somewone else is using it on the same Server.
>
>Is there some way of taking over a file exclusively that someone else is already using non exclusively over a Network?
>
>Mike Smith
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