there is a couple of things that can cause it. Most likely the cause it
wants to put a progress bar and, like a spoilt child, wants to be the centre
of attention while doing so. You can get MapInfo to ignore this request by
the command:
Set Progressbars Off
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen R. Riese
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 11:25 PM
To: MapInfo
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
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