It MIGHT be an MDAC problem. Does 'compress' work on a good ddb? Here's the link to MS's website for the Microsoft Data Access Components(MDAC); I think Protel supports MDAC 2.5 -- I'd check the knowledge base, too.
http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Saputelli > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 5:40 PM > > got a new machine and a fresh installation of protel > on a current job if we try to run the repair ddb utility it > grinds for a > while and then protel closes all by itself > we never get the 'repair successful' or any message from protel > > tried on another machine, same file over network and it worked fine > > anyone seen this? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *