Locked record

[John Esak]

I've used WhoLockedMe.... Tim Barre showed it to me. Good choice when on
Windows.

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com 
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.co
m] On Behalf Of Kenneth Brody
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 12:21 PM
> To: Richard Kreiss
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Locked record
> 
> 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
> 
> -- 
> Kenneth Brody
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