Thanks Kenny
Sometimes I wonder if it is my hardware. I would hate
to buy a new computer just to test this...but I may
have too.
marc
--- Kenny Camp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Marc,
>
> My experience is the opposite of yours. Win98 and
> 6.1 locked up randomly and
> several times daily on my first two RBase for
> Windows 6.1 applications and I
> was baffled and extremely frustrated after trying
> everything this great list
> suggested (including replacing the NICs, and
> reformatting and installing
> clean installs of Win98).
>
> When I finally replaced the troubled Compaq
> Presarios w/ Celeron processors
> with refurbished Compaq workstations (business class
> machines with real
> Pentium processors at about $ 800.00 each) all
> problems disappeared. Any
> problems I see now are machine specific (see below).
>
> The same exact RBase for Windows 6.5++ programs (and
> several newer ones) now
> run on XP processing 300 orders a day with 4-5
> concurrent users using these
> programs with ZERO problems. I have 30 total local
> users most using only
> RBase for Dos apps. I couldn't be happier with XP
> and 6.5++.
>
> We did have one XP that started freezing up
> occasionally after the user
> changed from the XP default display theme and
> colors. The problem seems to
> be gone now that we changed her back to the Windows
> default theme and
> removed some unauthorized programs and screen savers
> she had downloaded from
> the Internet.
>
> The problem computers seemed to run DOS RBase apps
> just fine.
>
> Good luck with debugging your problem. Mine drove
> me crazy for months.
>
> Kenny Camp
> IT Manager
> Electro Enterprises
> Oklahoma City, OK
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "marc schluter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:18 AM
> Subject: [RBASE-L] - XP and 6.5++ major problems
>
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > I have been using RBase for years and had 0
> problems
> > using 6.1 in 98. When I switched to XP and 6.5++
> > about a year ago it turned into crash city. This
> is
> > not too bad until you start haveing broken
> pointers
> > and need to go to your back up. I am not sure if
> it
> > is a XP problelm, hardware, RBase, my app or a
> > combination.
> >
> > My db is about 100 meg (all 4 files) and over
> 100,000
> > rows in my main transaction table. I have RStyled
> all
> > files, added more RAM, and have been using the
> error
> > feature (set var v1err = (cval('error detail'))
> > ) to track errors. I have fixed all errors I can
> > find. The problem with this is when you crash to
> > Windows you can't get the error.
> >
> > The program does not crash in the same place and
> you
> > can not duplicate the problem.
> >
> > I am starting to upgrade to 7 but that will take a
> lot
> > longer to convert than I planned and I need a fix
> NOW.
> >
> > I guess I am like all of the guys / gals who loved
> > 4.5++ so much they held off upgrading to newer
> > versions. As it stands now I wish I was back in
> 98 /
> > 6.1.
> >
> > Any help would be welcomed
> > Marc
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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