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Hi everybody,
I'm a newbie and have developed a multi-tiered apps using BCB3 + MIDAS and
I'm facing this problem, please help!

Let's say I have 2 client computer running the same client program connect
to the apps server (I'm using Paradox Table with TProvider), it seems that
the records I ApplyUpdates in the first computer are not automatically
refreshed in the second one - I have to call ClientDataSetxxxx->Refresh( )
in my second computer, or click the Refresh Button in the TDBNavigator
(associated to the clientdataset), or call the function
ClientDataSetxxxx->Data = ClientDataSetxxxx->Provider->Data. I know that
MIDAS has the ability to perform the Briefcase Model, but what I want now is
vice versa.

Last time I tried to create a thread that automatically refresh my
clientdataset in a period of time, but I think that's not efficient because
I'm opening at least 20 tables, which take a few seconds in a process. I've
changed to "token-pasting" mode - refresh one table at a time, the delay
problem is solved, but I still feel it's not efficient because not all
tables are changed (mostly nothing is changed at all). Besides, the data in
my detail table (in master-detail relationship) is not displayed after
refresh and some weird error may occured.

The question is: Must I create a background process that set and checks
states of tables and then perform the refresh manually on the ClientDataSet,
or there's a function/procedure/method that perform this operation, or
there's something missing in my program (both server and client)?

I really need your opinions because the background process is quite tricky,
especially for master-detail relationship.

Thanks a lot in advance,
John C.