Stephen,
I think Mapinfo needs the focus to display the Saving progressbar. Are you
using the Set progressbars off statement. I have managed to keep on working
while MI does some processing
Regards
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen R. Riese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: MapInfo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 02:24 PM
Subject: Why does MI need program focus to save?
> Greetings,
> My MB program collects information from about 20,000 locations -- a
process
> that takes 24-48 hours to run. I save the data at various points to
> prevent total data loss with:
>
> If counter Mod 20 = 0 Then Commit table_name
>
> The program runs fine until it reaches this line (tries to save the table)
> at which point it stops if MI is not the application in focus. If I'm
> working on another program, the taskbar button will flash, and the program
> will resume running after I quickly go to MI and then back to the other
> program. This is annoying, but it was worse when I returned after letting
> the program run for 36 hours to find that it had spend almost all of that
> time waiting for MI to become the program in focus.
>
> This problem happens while running MI/MB 5.0 on a Windows NT station. Is
> there a workaround for this bug/feature?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Riese
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put
> "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put
"unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
