Emmitt, Dan & James, Thanks for your advice. I will tidy this up as suggested.
Regards, John Docherty -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emmitt Dove Sent: Thursday, 20 March 2008 1:50 a.m. To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: RBase Crashes on Startup - for some databases When R:BASE is started, if it cannot find one it creates one. Even if you alter the defaults for your database, the newly-created .cfg will still carry the R:BASE default values. In some cases, such as the use of STATICDB ON, you will not be able to connect to the database if another user is connected. Things you can do to avoid the issue: - For individual users, make certain the .cfg is in the \windows folder. - For network users, either put a copy of the .cfg either with the database (if defaults vary from db to db) or in the network folder containing the R:BASE executable, and use the -o command line switch to point to that copy. This has the advantage of providing for only one .cfg file to maintain. - Use a startup file that sets all the proper defaults before connecting to the database. This is the best method - offering the most control - but can still result in stray .cfg files if the user's icon command line doesn't point to a valid .cfg file or one doesn't exist in their \windows folder. - The most optimal method then is to combine the use of a startup file and the use of the -o command line switch. Emmitt Dove Manager, DairyPak Business Systems Evergreen Packaging, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (203) 643-8022 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Docherty Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:28 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: RBase Crashes on Startup - for some databases Emmitt, Thanks very much for your suggestion - that was indeed the problem. There are RBENGINE76.CFG in many places on that PC - any idea as to what I may have done to create all these files ? Thanks also Larry & James for your suggestions. Regards, John Docherty -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emmitt Dove Sent: Wednesday, 19 March 2008 7:41 a.m. To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: RBase Crashes on Startup - for some databases John, Check for erroneous rbengine*.cfg files on the PC. You should only have one of them, and it should normally be in the \windows folder. Emmitt Dove Manager, DairyPak Business Systems Evergreen Packaging, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (203) 643-8022 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Docherty Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:27 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RBase Crashes on Startup - for some databases I have a problem with one PC where RBase will either start properly, or depending on the location of the database, encounters a problem, which XP wants to tell Microsoft about. While I can navigate to all but one database manually and connect successfully, starting these sessions up from the usual shortcut will not work (one tells me the database is currently unavailable - but it is). I have tried numerous alternatives, but to no avail. Some of these databases are on my laptop, where they all work properly. In one case if I have copied the complete folder to the PC with the problems, changed the shortcut settings, but the error is still there. I have given Everyone rights to the folders (although one of these which works properly has no special shares set up), and tried copying shortcuts that do work and changing the directories but that doesnt work either. I have tried reinstalling RBase as well. This all used to work, but it seems something has changed somewhere if anyone has any suggestions as to what to try next they would be much appreciated. Thank you. Regards, John Docherty
