I have come across similar problems on Windows Servers over the years in a
couple of cases:
1 - Data Files (non-database in this case) that have been updated and
finished with and closed may remain open or in use as far as the Server
goes. Sometimes this times out after a few minutes and the
Not really going to get into the specifics of what's happening in your
particular instances, but another suggestion might be to make use of the
RunOnce key in the Registry to delete files the next time Windows starts
up.
See http://delphi.about.com/cs/adptips1999/a/bltip0799_3.htm for some
Beware of how you copy/duplicate handles, if you do, as every
copy/duplicate of the file handle must be closed.
And some windows functions return you file handles or duplicates which
you must then close - has caught us out more than once.
Of course once the program exits, the windows OS is
Hi,
I've noticed the same on some web servers, where we typically have product
images stored externally from the product database.
After deleting the product record, sometimes the image file deletion fails.
In this case we trap that and queue it for later deletion in a nightly
process.
Hi All.Not entirly a Delphi question, but I am using Delphi .Net ;-)I have a sneaky suspission I have the wrong end of the stick here, and maybe someone can tell me either way.I was writting a WebService in Delphi .Net and THOUGHT if I had a function called "test" that I could call is liekt his