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Micro Focus Enterprise Developer 2.3 for Visual Studio 2015 > General Reference > Compiler Directives > File Handling > WRITELOCK, WRITE-LOCK

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.

Parent topic: File Handling
Parent topic: Run-time Behavior - Compatibility with Older Micro Focus Products
Parent topic: Compiler Directives - Alphabetical List
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