Subject Re: CHECK FOR OPEN RECORD IN A DBF From Akshat Kapoor <akshat.kapoor@kapoorsons.in> Date Sat, 16 Sep 2017 19:06:09 +0530 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 16/09/2017 10:31, Ken Mayer wrote: > On 9/15/2017 7:04 PM, Akshat Kapoor wrote: >> On 15/09/2017 22:02, ED FURCHE wrote: >>> ANY WAY TO CHECK FOR A RECORD BEING OPEN BEFORE I TRY TO UPDATE IT??? >>> >> Check for value of rowset.state >> it should be able to give you the value you require. >> >> See OLH for state property of rowset under rowset class. > > State only works for the current user, it doesn't check for a record > lock if another user has it open ... > > Ken Locks on a network are a tricky issue. Will beginedit() work. It will try to place locks and return true of successful. It seems I will have to revisit chapter 10 on working in shared environment Book 1. I went through it once found what was of my use and left the rest. Regards Akshat