Rick,

Check out SYS(2011).

HTHs,

>I'm real sure I know the answer to this, but I hope I'm wrong.
>
>Is there any way to test a record to find out if it is NOT locked?
>....without locking the record as a result/consequence of the test...
>
>In the past I've always tested to see if I could get a lock... like this...
>

>IF RLOCK()
> *locked achieved
>ELSE
> *could not lock - implies that someone else has the record locked
>ENDIF
>

>But what I need is to know if someone else has the lock...
>I suppose I could do something like this...
>

>IF RLOCK()
> *locked achieved
> UNLOCK
>ELSE
> *could not lock - implies that someone else has the record locked
>ENDIF
>

>...but that seems wrong and if the timing is just so, could leave me with the same problem I'm tryin to address...
>
>

>The problem I'm trying to address is that I have a user who created a record
>(the record was created with an Append Blank)
>edited the record in one of my screens and clicked the OK button...
>The Code in the OK button failed on a GATHER statement with the message
>"Record is in use by another."
>

>How is that possible????
>And more importantly... What can I do about it????
>
>TIA,
>Rick Liebespach