records not locking?

[Kenneth Brody]

On 6/3/2014 11:44 AM, Fairlight wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 09:10:24AM -0400, Boaz Bezborodko thus spoke:
>>
>> When you have a simple command "WRITE" then Filepro writes all data to
>> all open files and then UNLOCKS THEM.  They are no longer protected.  If
[...]
> I don't recall it being officially documented that write unlocks a lookup.
[...]

Well, quoting the filePro 3.0 manual (the "blue pages"):

 > A WRITE statement unlocks records protected with LOOKUP's -P flag.

Quoting the online manual:

> On multi-user systems, "WRITE filename" also causes the lock to be
> removed from "lookup files" which have had a lock placed on them by the
> –p lookup option.

Quoting dcabe.hlp:

> Note: If the record is locked, the WRITE will unlock the record.

-- 
Kenneth Brody