>>>>>>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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>>>does the first user save her data? is the data committed to the server?
>>yes,yes, but remember, I am using VIEWS for my data...
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>if you're using views, you should know that you have to refresh the view for the new data to show up. in case you forgot how:
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>use in my_view
>use my_view in 0
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thanks Dave - that helps :)