It's amazing how many of these problems can be tracked back to a power problem. Check you ups's battery
On 5 Dec 2003 at 9:13, Office wrote: > Just wondering what others have done to address this issue! > No. 3 File Length error! > I have a network application that has had this problem every few months. > When the client starts the application rbase will not start. > When accessing the client's DB via the R prompt. I can run autochk and > it tells me that the no. 3 file has an incorrect file length. If I > attempt to use(edit,entry,design,copy,rename,delete) a form or a report > Rbase closes. > I then run Rscope on the DB and it comes back with no errors. > I then open the database via the R prompt and unload and reload. The > error is corrected. > Or I pack keys and the error is corrected. > > During the client's backup and administration routines that run every > morning at 2AM. I unload the DB before doing the administrative task and > packing the database. After these are done I do another unload. But I > do not reload the DB. > > The scratch file is set to c:\temp. But I sometimes see $$$ files in > the DB folder. > The client expreniences a slow down before this happens. When at the > main menu (form with buttons) they attempt to run something then Rbase > closes without error message and if they attempt to run rbase again it > doesn't not start. > > I've written a routine to address this issue (using packing of keys) for > the client to run when this file get out of wack and Rbase will not run. > > The client's network uses VPN connections using Terminal services to > access the DB from remote locations (3 total). > The DB size is only 120MB. The VPN connections are use only for looking > up information no data gets edited or entered. Editing and entry of > data occures only with in the local network. The network cards are all > Intel 1Gbit, Linksys 1Gbit Switch, Sonicwall SOHO3 router(everything > here seams to be working ok). > > Those who have had this issue before, what have you done to address this > issue? Is it settings in the OS or Rbase? Or is it something that can > happen with this type of access method (using terminal services)? Let > me know your experiences with this issue! Any and all would be > appriecated. I just want to get a better understanding of how this > could be happening! > > Have a great weekend! > > Oma > > Victor Timmons Tiz's Door Sales, Inc 425-258-2391
