When you are saving -- are you overwriting or just a straight save -- if so -- look in your directory to see if you have duplicate files.. Happened to me once before and I don't remember changing anything to allow it to save that way -- mind of its own - I guess..
Jim [email protected] VE3CM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete-N4KW" <[email protected]> To: "Gary AL9A" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Trouble closing DXBase > Hi Gary, Yes I have tried that and their is no difference. Since I last > posted this problem I have compacted my data base, defragmented my hard > drive, performed a complete virus scan of my hard drive. DXBase works > fine > when it is opened and I have tried to exercise the program as much as I > can > and it still works fine. > > Prior to the above I backed up my .mdb file and noted that last time I had > done that was June 2010. > The size of the file at the time was a little over 7mb. On July 31 when > I > decided to back it up again prior to compacting .mdb the file had a size > of > 13mb. I have no idea how the file grew to such a large size in about two > months. After compacting it the size is down to a little over 6 mb. > > Now when I close DXBase it will close but it takes one minute and 15 > seconds > to close. I never had to wait that long. This may be a clue that I have > seen within the past few days. When I close down windows XP is also takes > a > very long time to close and now a window pops up and says "Do not shut > down > your computer" if you do you will lose opened files. So I wait and a box > shown in this window starts to move left to right and when it gets to the > right now the computer closes down. Its almost as though something in the > closing procedure is not closing down when told or having trouble closing > down. I have no idea. Sorry for going into so much detail but thought > maybe someone on the reflector > would be able to figure out what is going on. > 73 Pete N4KW > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary AL9A" <[email protected]> > To: "Pete Raymond" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 3:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Trouble closing DXBase > > >> Pete, >> >> No idea why this is happening, but have you tried closing DXB by clicking >> File/Exit instead of hitting the red X? >> >> 73, >> Gary AL9A >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Pete Raymond" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: July 31, 2010 7:23 PM >> Subject: [Dxbase] Trouble closing DXBase >> >> >>> Wonder if anyone has any ideas as to why I am unable to close DXBase >>> 2006. >>> The program seems to be working fine in every other way. When I try to >>> close it by clicking on the "X" in the upper right hand corner nothing >>> happens and after a bit a window pops up and says this program is not >>> responding. >>> This just started tonight while I was closing down for the day. Tried a >>> few >>> times after restarting the pc, >>> it starts up just like it always does and works fine until I try to >>> close >>> it >>> down. >>> 73 Pete N4KW >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Dxbase mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
