Locked record

[Boaz Bezborodko]

> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 12:21:29 -0400
> From: Kenneth Brody <kenb at fptech.com>
> Subject: Re: Locked record
> To: Richard Kreiss <rkreiss at verizon.net>
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Message-ID: <4BFE9C09.7070008 at fptech.com>
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> On 5/27/2010 10:39 AM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
>   
>> One of my clients called to say they had a record locked.  This occurred
>> last night when only one person was in the system.  He exited the file and
>> deleted the lockfile.
>>
>> When he checked again, the record was/is still locked.  The message is
>> waiting for record to be unlocked.
>>     
>
> Okay everyone, repeat after me:
>
>      The lockfile has nothing to do with record locking.  Nothing.  Nada.
>      Zip.  Zilch.  Zero.
>
>   
>> Any suggestion on how or why this record should remain locked?
>>     
>
> Since the lockfile has nothing to do with record locking, removing it had no 
> effect on the record lock.  Whatever had it locked still has it locked.
>
>   
>> Windows server 2008, FP 5.6.10, Win XP Pro.
>>     
>
> If you were on *nix, I would suggest my showlock program.  Unfortunately, it 
> won't work on Windows.  Try "WhoLockMe", which is supposed to be able to 
> show you who has a file locked:
>
>      http://majorgeeks.com/WhoLockMe_d4429.html
>
>   
One of the benefits of using Windows Filepro off of Samba running on a 
Linux machine is that it allows me to use SWAT to find any locked files.

I'm now comfortable enough with Linux that I think I would rather run 
Fpro on a Linux machine some time in the future.  How much does it cost 
to convert your licenses from Windows to Linux?

Boaz