We have the ZIP RETURN (I won't even give it the name fix as it's not a fix nore a patch but rather a joke). It only works when RBase doesn't chow the entire pool. Sometimes RBase behaves and stops it's memory eating, but sometimes the program continues onward until all the memory is completely gone and the app crashes. ZIP RETURN doesn't do anything for this because the app never has a chance to execute that line of code.
Eric Peterson IT Manager QMI Roll Shutter Supply -----Original Message----- From: Albert Berry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: XP Pro and 6.5++ Our kludge to resolve the crash problem is to insert a ZIP RETURN at a frequently passed spot in the programme. Users object to the 3 second (approx) pause while we display a "restarting..." message, so we only call it when the user's operating system is W2K or XP. Users of XP/W2K machines don't like the pause, but they do like the absence of memory allocation crashes. We have found that we can reduce the intrusion by only doing the ZIP RETURN every third time through, at one site. "Eric Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hundreds upon thousands of apps behave properly under Windows. �Now, if the response >was 'this is a legacy environment which cannot run under modern Windows kernels', I'd >probably accept it. �But to say 'Microsoft changed windows, it's their fault', really >doesn't fly well with me. �I probably have 5 virtual memory crashes a day (from my >users, not my own machine). �They're tired of me telling them that there's nothing >that can be done about it, and I'm tired of hearing about the problem �So I had a >well known and very skilled RBase developer track down the problem. �And I/he believe >it's been pinpointed and reproduceable. �Hopefully he can get RBTI to reproduce it >and help him/us out. > >One thing that seems to aggrevate the problem is when you have 2 Rbase applications >running at the same time IE, RBase Dos and an Oterro application. �This combo creates >an unusable (so slow) system on 98 machines, and virtual memory problems on NT >machines. �I don't have the RBase background, nore the low level debugging skills >(tracking memory interrupts directly would be required) to figure out a problem like >that. > >Eric Peterson >IT Manager >QMI Roll Shutter Supply > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Albert Berry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 11:02 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: XP Pro and 6.5++ > >In extended testing earlier this year, we isolated the problem to NT kernels as well, >but find that the problem does not occur with NT 4.0, only subsequent versions of >Windows, where the DOS box is an emulation. �In our opinion, it is a Microsoft >problem. > >"Eric Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>We have this same issue here. �What I usually find it to be is bad code >>in that portion of the program, a variable or something. � >> >>It's also possible you are 'running out' of virtual memory. �Certain >>looping procedures in our app cause virtual memory to get completely >>taken and eventually RBase hangs or crashes. �This is not a feature or >>problem with Windows (it happens on NT Kernel machines (nt,2k,xp)). >>It's a bug in RBase or the Dos extender. �We think we've found it but >>RBTI doesn't like to hear that it's app is the one causing problems, >>they like to blame Windows, which is not the problem. >> >> >>Eric Peterson >>IT Manager >>QMI Roll Shutter Supply >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: marc schluter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:22 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: XP Pro and 6.5++ >> >>Hi all --- sorry, I hit Enter and I think I sent a >>response too soon. �First mistake this year! >> >>I am running RBW 6.5++ with the second patch installed >>on XP pro. �I have not installed the latest patch for >>XP. >> >>I get kicked out of RBase about 1-2 times a week at >>different spots. �I am unable to duplicate the >>crashes. >> >>Is there something I should look for or is this a >>feature in Windows to free up memory? >> >>Thanks >>marc >> >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do you Yahoo!? >>Yahoo! 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