[AccessD] Odd XP machine

Francisco Tapia fhtapia at gmail.com
Wed May 17 19:21:12 CDT 2006


ACK! but why just this machine, on her old pc this never occured :(

On 5/17/06, Charlotte Foust <cfoust at infostatsystems.com> wrote:
> If it isn't an MDAC issue or a Jet service pack issue, it sounds like
> garbage collection.  I've seen that behavior before and have a wretched
> time tracking it down to things like trying to use the value of a
> checkbox as an implicit boolean in code.  Good luck.
>
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Francisco
> Tapia
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 3:40 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Odd XP machine
>
> the "system just closes out" is defined as:
>
> the user will be in her order entry screen either inputting a line item,
> or header info, or the main status screen when the system for no
> explainable reason closes and there is no error message displayed, "OR"
> even logged in event log or anywhere else, its' not a BSOD, or a GPF or
> an OS lockup, it's just "now you see it now you don't".
>
> The app is an ADE format, there are no LDB files, When the app dies, it
> is not on the task manager, so it's not hung up in the background and
> just not redrawn.  The computer seems to run every other applications
> just fine w/o fail, it's just this app, and when I run it on her
> neighbor's pc who also has a windows xpsp2, it runs fine w/o fail, they
> both type about the same words per minute, and fly past the screens at
> about the same speed.  If I trade this user to the other pc, the problem
> does not surface so it's not her work method.  About the biggest
> diffrence is that the user with the problems has a newer dell than the
> other user.
>
>
>
> On 5/17/06, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote:
> > On 17 May 2006 at 13:50, Francisco Tapia wrote:
> >
> > > I have an application that is used accross the company here.  It was
>
> > > written in Access2000 as an ADP.  This app works on all windows
> > > 2000/XP machines running SP4 and SP2 (respectively).  I do have a
> > > newer XP machine that was just issued to a user and her system just
> > > closes out for no reason after just some usage.
> >
> > Great technical term, very detailed description of the symptoms - just
>
> > what we love to hear from users when trying to diagnose problems.
> >
> > What does "system just closes out" mean?
> >
> > Application closes itself?
> > Application fails with an error message?
> > Application disappears with no warning and without cleaning itself up?
> > Application disappears but task manager shows it is still running?
> > OS locks up?
> > BSOD?
> > Computer reboots spontaneously?
> >  or something else entirely?
> >
> >
> >
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