>>>>>I have coded an EXE in vfp50. This application installs on the user's computer and the data lives on a network server. When one user updates the record, and another user is viewing the same record, her record should automatically update or so I thought. You can see the updated record if you exit the program and restart it. Can someone tell me what is wrong.
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>>>>the second user will not see the update until she refreshes her data set.
>>>Hi Dave: in the help, it says...
>>>SET REFRESH can also be used to specify how often data buffered locally on your workstation is updated.... In my main.prg, I have SET REFRESH to 5,10...
>>>I know SET REFRESH works on a BROWSE, but shouldn't this work on my work station too?
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>>Because in a BROWSE, you are directly editing the data. On a form, the data is generally buffered in someway.
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>Is there a way to refresh buffered data on a work station in vfp50 without
>having to exit and restart to program or retrieve the data again? :)


Not without retrieving the data again. How do you get the updated data without retrieving it?