>>>>>>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? :)
>Set a timer to check changes and call thisform.refresh.
>Cetin
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Hi Cetin
would you give me a small code example please. :)