Clear Process Lock Flags

FIMS guards against the possibility of database corruption on multi-user installations by preventing the simultaneous use of conflicting processes. For example, when someone is making changes to the General Ledger Journal the system will not allow anyone to post the General Ledger Journal (and vice versa).

If you try to start a conflicting process, you will see a description of the conflict (for example, <Username> using Journal File).

In rare cases, if a workstation crashes while FIMS is running, the process lock flags that provide this blocking security will not be deactivated. In these cases, you will receive conflict messages even though the other user is not performing the process. The Clear Process Lock Flags utility allows you to manually clear these flags.

See this article for more information on this tool.