Re: Simple Question(s)

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> Does any version of VFP have lockfiling built in for
> multi-user apps?
> 
> I am currently trying to run VFP5.0 on a network with
> XP and Vista clients and a linux file server. Each
> client has its own VFP. This is intended to be an
> update from multi-user foxbase running under an
> older version of SCO unix.
> 
> I am presently able to create database collisions
> as I am set up with VFP on the client machines and
> the app along with databases on the server. My VFP
> 5.0 do***entation doesn't address lockfiles so I am
> assuming they don't exist?
> 
> The business owner is totally enamored by the accounting
> software he's running and refuses to change, so I'm
> stuck updating from an interpreter that doesn't do
> 21st century dates correctly.

It sounds like you may be running an app in a multiuser setting
that was not intended for that.  VFP definitely has locking
built in - down to the record level.  However, if not implemented
correctly, any conflicts would raise errors or not-so-user-friendly
dialog boxes rather than gracefully taking care of things.
People have been successfully writing and using multiuser VFP
apps for about 20 years.

-- TRW
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