Multiple Users Concurrently Editing Processing Tables

[Joe Chasan]

On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 09:44:05PM -0400, Bob Stockler wrote:
> A thread on the filePro Mailing List the other day encouraged
> me to write a filePro Processing Table that could substitute
> for the "Define Processing" choice on the filePro Main Menu.
> 
> It permits but one user at a time to edit a processing table,
> writing a lockfile of it's own to prevent such.
> 
> If a user editing a table exits inappropritely, or doesn't exit,
> the lockfile remains.
> 
> If on UNIX/Linux, or on Windows and filePro v5.0.13 or later,
> the name of the user LOCKing it is shown as editing it if
> another user trys to edit it.
> 
> It emulates the filePro "Define Processing" choice quite
> accurately, with some added features (eg: it allows the choice
> of what the Associated Automatic Processing Table might be).
> 
> Would this be of interest to anyone?

since fp-tech has licensing (e.g. $$$) in place for multi-user 
development packages, staged by the number of concurrent users of the 
development program, i don't know why one wouldn't be holding them 
responsible for such a feature.  

fact is i have to doubt there are that many places where this is such an 
issue to begin with or they'd have cried foul to fp-tech long ago.

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