DOCUMENT:Q89674 23-OCT-1999 [foxmisc] TITLE :Running Multi-user FoxBASE+ Code on a Stand-alone Machine PRODUCT :Microsoft Fox Miscellaneous Products PROD/VER:MS-DOS:2.1 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft FoxBASE+ for MS-DOS, version 2.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= To successfully run code developed for the multi-user FoxBASE+ environment on a machine running single-user FoxBASE+, one of the following is required: - Issue the SET EXCLUSIVE ON command (recommended) -or- - Load the MS-DOS SHARE utility if the machine runs a version of MS-DOS prior to version 4.00 If you take neither of these steps, FoxBASE+ hangs when the application issues a USE INDEX command. MORE INFORMATION ================ Using the SET EXCLUSIVE ON command eliminates the need to call the SHARE utility to check file status and to write each database change to disk as it is made. Consequently, SET EXCLUSIVE ON improves database performance. Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbFoxBASE210DOS kbFoxBASESearch Version : MS-DOS:2.1 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.