ASP Lock and Unlock methods
Complete Application Object Reference Lock method
Lock method prevents other users from modifying Application object variable (used to ensure the same time only one user can modify Application variables).
Unlock Method
Unlock method allows other users to modify variables stored in the Application object (after it has been locked using the Lock method).
grammar
Application.Lock
Application.Unlock
Application.Unlock
Examples
The following examples use the Lock method to prevent more than one user at the same time access the variable visits, using the Unlock method to unlock a locked object, so the next user can increase the value of the variable of visits:
<%
Application.Lock
Application("visits")=Application("visits")+1
Application.Unlock
%>
This page has been visited
<%=Application("visits")%> times!
Application.Lock
Application("visits")=Application("visits")+1
Application.Unlock
%>
This page has been visited
<%=Application("visits")%> times!
Complete Application Object Reference