When two people are using the same program on a network, it is possible that the first to start a record will take some time entering data, during which time a second person might start a new record.  In this case, they will both show the same auto-incremented value.

If the first has also entered some child records in an embedded browse before the second starts their new record, the second person's screen could show the same child records in the browse.  Alpha Five should reassign a new value to the last of these records to be saved, but there have been times when this does not happen.  As a result, two records get the same value in the auto-increment field.

The auto-increment script creates a new value, and then immediately saves it in MENU.  As a result, the first person to start a new record gets their value assigned right away, even though they might spend several minutes completing their data entry.  The second person to start a record gets their new value immediately also, regardless of whether or not the first has finished their data entry.