WRITELOCK, WRITE-LOCK

Makes the WRITE and REWRITE statements acquire a record lock when the program is locking multiple records in a shared data file in a multi-user environment.

Syntax:

>>-.---.-.----.-.-WRITELOCK--.-------------><
   +-/-+ +-NO-+ +-WRITE-LOCK-+

Parameters:

None

Properties:

Default:	NOWRITELOCK
Phase:	Syntax check
$SET:	Initial

Comments:

This directive is included for compatibility with earlier file-sharing products. When writing new programs you should use the relevant locking syntax rather than this directive.