Broadcasting System Message

[fmsavey]

I have a multiuser solution where the users import records occasionally from an external SQL database using ODBC. The import action is "update matching records in found set". If users are modifying any of these records during the import, errors occur.

I would like to broadcast a message to all the users of the database that an update is about to take place and that they should finish editing the record so that the update can proceed without problems. Is this possible and if so, how can it be done?

Your help is always appreaciated!

[mr_vodka]

Are you running server? Is so, you can send out a message from the server admin console.

[fmsavey]

Yes, the solution is running on Filemaker Server. I was hoping though that sending this message could be done through the script that does the import update. Can a message to all users be done through a script?

[mr_vodka]

You can use a command line script to send a message to all your users but it must be from the server machine.