I have had this problem on W2k and WinNT both. I get the problem usally when editing the same file with rbedit when debuging the file with trace. (edit and run, edit and run ....)
The problem is a file lock placed on the file and that is not properly released by the operating system while in R:Base editing the file. The file looks good when you do a ATTRIB on the file to see the properties. You just no longer have access to it. The solution has been on of two things. 1: Exiting from R:Base and then editing the file sometimes works 2: Log out of Windows and then back in almost always solves the problem. Fred Antrobus P.S. I have also had this problem on Novell file servers (v3.12) where I actually had to power down the client workstation before the lock was released, On Mon, 2002-07-01 at 07:15, J. Stephen Wills wrote: > Okay, guys, I'm hopin' f/a quick answer on this. It might be more in the > area of WIN2K than RBase, but, I figured, either way, one of y'all will > probably know the solution. > > So, I'm rockin' along at home yesterday, makin' changes to forms and code on > my beautiful new laptop, moving forward with integration (-type, but a bit > unstructured) testing, when, with all my mod's to this point working, when, > presented in a dialogue, I get this error message : > > "-ERROR- Unable to open file: MY_FILE_NAME.CMD (2583)" > > So, I check the file attributes and they appear nominal - just like the > others. I look at security (WIN2K) and it looks normal, too. I check RB > File Depth, changing it fm 5 to 10, alas, to no avail. I'm also not aware > of any path-related issues, and, although the path(s) are different, these > modules are simply run fm the current directory. Umm, yes, the file is in > the current directory. > > Additionally, I tried running it fm the R> and I got the same error mesage. > > As I still have my old(-er) WIN98 laptop (BTW, anybody got any good tips on > migration fm old unit to new one?), I'm about to copy the changed command > files and DB to here, and try it fm here. If it works here, then it's > probably something related to WIN2K. Nevertheless, I'm still lookin' > f/help. > > Thanks, > Steve in Memphis ... > (... where our state legislators can't seem to fund my "non-essential" > operations, although my non-essential superiors [no insult to them] consider > my work essential to our non-essential research group. W/apologies f/the > editorial whining. -Steve) > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ -- -- Fred Antrobus -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- (425)235-7796 ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
