Jürgen Welz
jwelz at hotmail.com
Fri Dec 2 17:24:55 CST 2005
Stuart: I'm not privy to the details. Apparently a number of hex numbers show up in the event log every time a a pee file fails to open regardless of how they tried to open it. I am told that details have been forwarded to the support department of the company that sold us the software. I was also informed that the vendor admitted that other users of the software have reported ShellEx problems. They have now specifically stated that they do not support launching via ShellExecuteA but they may by the next version.... It worked in the last versions all the way back to the DOS only versions (v3 through v9 with over a dozen intermdiate numbers). They have suggested we check for a pee.dat file that is the effective equivalent of an ldb file left hanging by the Pervasive database engine. They may have a point as the problem is quite pervasive and perverse, but the application isn't crashing and we have yet to see a single pee.dat file. I had one user who was not able to open a file required today for closing a bid no matter how or how many times he tried to open the file. I finally had him go to a colleague who was able to open it in his session. I will not revisit this issue until the people responsible have it launching reliably from Explorer. I wonder whether they claim to be Windows compatible... Thanks to eveyone who has welcomed me back. Ciao Jürgen Welz Edmonton, Alberta jwelz at hotmail.com >From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> > >On 2 Dec 2005 at 9:18, Jürgen Welz wrote: > > > > > Access application generally has between 18 and 26 concurrent users. I >am > > told by the IT department that their logs show numerous errors at the >times > > when users fail to launch their .Pee files. > >Knowing *what* errors would certainly help in tracking down the problem! > > > > >-- >Lexacorp Ltd >http://www.lexacorp.com.pg