I have developed an application based on a DBase database. The system is
to be ran by multiple users.

My problem is:

I'm standing on record 45 (for example) on one computer and having the
record in edit mode.

Then I go to another computer and go to then same record (no 45) the BDE
returns an error message when I try to put a record in editmode (
Dataset.edit ) - 'Record locked by another user' - which is correct.

But I wonder if there is a way for me to check if the record is 'Record
locked by another user' before I try to put it in editmode???????
(CanModify is not working here) - The BDE error is quite fatal to my
program because the BDE error causes my program to skip the rest of the
code of the running event.

If the check is'nt possible is the only solution I have to restructure
my program (Try - Except - Finally)?

Hi from Mona

Use try except (my opinion).

FV

try
  Table1.Edit;
except
  ...do whatever...
end; //try

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In Clipper I always do this
do while !WorkArea->(Rlock());enddo
Is there no way to do the same in Delphi?
Like:
 while Tbl.State <> dsEdit do Tbl.Edit;

Ross.
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Peter Yau

Try
   tbl.Edit
  {do something}
Except
  {Edit failed do something to recover}
end;

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