>That would work. Pity there's no api function or something. Also, if the user aborts unexpectdly, the table would not be accurate.
>which is a no-no. I want to institute a hotkey or something that gives a picture of what users is in what record. Is there any ideas about doing this?


In addition to Hilmar's answer in that function you camn lock the record in the table that keeps the information about who lock main table record. In the check routine you can try to lock that record if you succeed then the other user is aborted unexpectedly.