> In the current source which ive compiled and am using on our elog system, 
> the feature that you put in for me that says "Entry is currently being 
> edited by Joe Bloggs on 192.168.0.10" has vanished.
> 
> It removes existing locks from before updating the binary but doesnt but 
> new ones on.
> 
> Is this something that was removed intentionally or by accident ?

No, but there is now a flag "Use Lock = 0 | 1" which is zero by default, 
since not all people want this feature. So put a "Use Locl = 1" and you 
should be fine gain.