Javier: For sure I would try installing one copy locally on a workstation, choosing one that you know has the issue. One of my biggest clients always runs RBase locally on each workstation, although that is their choice and is not mine.
As you say, the biggest issue is making sure all the builds are the same. Since the capable administrator is the one doing all installs and patches, I don't have any code that would compare builds. I suppose you could compare the date/time stamps of the rbase exe by either having the plugin utility do it or load a directory listing to a table. The first step is to make sure you have the patch for the particular build you're running. Karen -----Original Message----- From: A. Razzak Memon <[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Feb 19, 2013 3:45 pm Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Startup procedure At 04:12 PM 2/19/2013, Javier Valencia wrote: >As part of an ongoing issue with screen flickering, we have determined that >the issue happens only on the Windows 7 workstations. While trying to set >the application to the compatibility mode, a message is displayed indicating >that this setting cannot be changed on a network drive. >I am thinking about installing copies of the executable on the local drives >to see if it helps, and where we can try running it in the compatibility >mode. I was thinking about creating an external form front end that checks >the current version against the one in the server and if a newer version is >found, it would copy it to the local drive; has anyone done something like >this? If yes, are you using the mapped drive path or the UNC path to the >database files? Is there an advantage in using one over the other? TIA. Javier, FWIW ... you may want to take a close look into the Win 7 Professional (32/64) installation, hardware and video settings. Make sure that all important updates (MS Win 7 and R:BASE) are applied accordingly. All my BIG corporate and government clients use R:BASE eXtreme 9.5 (64), compiled and non-compiled applications in a local, WAN, and TS environment without a problem. Not to mention the shared web applications using Oterro 9.5 (64) running on MS Windows 2008/2010 server with Apache/PHP. Some complex applications accessing multiple R:BASE eXtreme 9.5 (64) databases take full advantage of External Form Files. All compiled applications are shared and running on the network and not on individual workstations. Hope that provides you with some blue's clues ... Very Best R:egards, Razzak www.rbase.com www.facebook.com/rbase
