>  Incidentally, merely putting the cursor into a field does not lock 
>the record any longer. This was a change introduced in 2004 with 
>FileMaker Pro 7.

Interesting. In testing, I found that if I clicked out of a field 
being edited and then clicked into another field I got the same error.

>
You could possibly create a single line ScriptMaker script that runs 
a Commit records, and then call it first. Or, you could trap for a 
record lock.

Ha! Exactly what I need, thanks.  Can't rely on indoctrinating users.


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