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  3. January 2020

Re: Message line: Another approach?

Good points, and relevant imho.

As to the locked record issue; at the very least, why add to the problem?  Consider NOT locking on the read chain, rather wait until the update chain.  And yes, use a window for messages, with the options spelled out and immediately prominent & visible.

Additionally, on the subfile screen (usually on the upper right) I add an "Allow Edit" checkbox so that unintentional changes don't happen.  In a few instances I only display the checkbox to super users; casual users and managers are read-only.

On 1/31/2020 12:40 PM, Sam_L wrote:
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So, my suggestion for the user interface would be that when the subfile program doing the 2=Change finds a record locked, it pops up a window that says something like
    "Record locked by (...)
     Enter D to display read only. Or press enter to continue.".
When the user responds you decide what to do.

And in your update and display screens you might also want to add "Update" or "Display" in the screen header.
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