GPF - When using database and closing/opening/closing PLUS

[mark.i]

Message to Ken Mayer.

Ken,

I replied to message of 14/Jan in the "GPF - When using
database and closing/opening/closing dbase" thread, but I
guess you missed it too. I'm sorry I was late replying.

You're quite right, my message was'nt clear enough.
Apologies.

From PLUS IDE...

1 - Click the 'Tables' tab on the Navigator
2 - Select 'DBASESAMPLES' or any other database from the
drop down menu.
3 - Close PLUS (file menu, exit option)
4 - Run PLUS
5 - Close the database DBASESAMPLE from the command
window -Close database DBSAMPLES.
6 - Close PLUS (file menu, exit option) and, bingo, a GPF
pops up.


Regards
Mark.Istitene

[Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]]

Post by mark.i
I replied to message of 14/Jan in the "GPF - When using
database and closing/opening/closing dbase" thread, but I
guess you missed it too. I'm sorry I was late replying.

I saw it, and I replied that following your steps, I cannot reproduce
any GPF ...

Ken
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[mark.i]

Did you follow the steps in this thread?

'Cos I can produce on two PC, and I re-installed PLUS on one
PC.

Mark.i

[Roland Wingerter]

Post by mark.i
Did you follow the steps in this thread?

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I did, and on my machine it produces a GPF.

PLUS 2.20
Win XP

Roland

[Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]]

Post by mark.i
Did you follow the steps in this thread?
'Cos I can produce on two PC, and I re-installed PLUS on one
PC.

Yes, I followed the steps you gave. I cannot reproduce it.

Ken
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[mark.i]

Ken,

Roland reproduced it on his machine. That's two users
reproducing it, and I reproduced it on a clean machine
running 2000 pro with latest SP. I accept that you cannot
reproduce it on your machine, but have you tried it on one
PC only?

Thanks.
Mark.i

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Post by mark.i
Roland reproduced it on his machine. That's two users
reproducing it, and I reproduced it on a clean machine
running 2000 pro with latest SP. I accept that you cannot
reproduce it on your machine, but have you tried it on one
PC only?

I tried this on 2 different machines. Both XP Pro boxes.
b1749 & b1748
I can not reproduce this GPF.
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[mark.i]

Rich,

Is b1749 available as a download?

I did bot experience this problem until I dowloaded and
installed version 2.2 b1746.

I installed this version on a clean PC (2000 pro) that did
not have a previous PLUS installation, yet the GPF did raise
its ugly face.

I'll try it later on on an XP and will report progress.

Thanks
Mark

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Mark,
I may have misquoted the version. Sorry.
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[mark.i]

Hi Rich,

Eventually I got to the bottom of this one. In fact, I
killed two birds with one stone. I was having a problem with
createIndex, I just couldn't get it to work. However, the
problem occurs because of the same reason as described
below: desktop files' properties

GPF, in this case, is caused by the way "PLUS"
desktop->files properties are set and the "close databases"
command.

On our machines, we set the current-directory to point to a
folder and the search-path pointing to a different folder.

When working in PLUS, the navigator's Look-in combobox shows
the current-directory folder.

If you change your "PLUS" desktop->files properties
current-directory and search-path to be different, and try
the instructions again, I bet you' ll get the GPF, because
when I change the Look-in field to point to the search-path
folder I cannot reproduce the problem.

However, I can reproduce the bug reported in this thread by
Ivar, regardless of the desktop-files properties setting.

Thanks
Mark.I

[Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]]

Post by mark.i
Roland reproduced it on his machine. That's two users
reproducing it, and I reproduced it on a clean machine
running 2000 pro with latest SP. I accept that you cannot
reproduce it on your machine, but have you tried it on one
PC only?

I have tried it on Win 98 and on Windows XP.

Ken
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[mark.i]

Ken,
Which build are you using?

Rich mentioned b1748 and b1749.

Thanks
Mark.i

[Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]]

Post by mark.i
Which build are you using?
Rich mentioned b1748 and b1749.

I'm working with a later internal build on Win 98, but with the
release of 2.2 on the XP computer.

Ken
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[mark.i]

I'm working with a later internal build.

I assume your build is the same as Rich's, and is a later
build than 1746. The problem is occuring with build 1746,
therefore I can't see how you can really investigate this
problem.

A silly question to ask, but I'll ask it anyway. When's the
new build being released, and can we have the same build as
Rich's?

Thanks
Mark.i

[Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]]

Post by mark.i

I'm working with a later internal build.

I assume your build is the same as Rich's, and is a later
build than 1746. The problem is occuring with build 1746,
therefore I can't see how you can really investigate this
problem.

I tested on the XP computer with build 1746, which is the 2.2 release.

Post by mark.i
A silly question to ask, but I'll ask it anyway. When's the
new build being released, and can we have the same build as
Rich's?

When it's ready. (soon)

Ken
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[mark.i]

Thanks

Mark.I

[Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]]

Close database dbasesamples

that is *exactly* what I did.

No GPF when I close dBASE.

Ken
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[mark.i]

It's 11pm here in the UK watching BBC news ranting about
your John Kerry.

Turning off laptop now.

I give it a rest for now.

Thanks for trying to reproduce thew problem.

Mark.I

[Ivar B. Jessen]

On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 14:27:04 -0800
in dbase.bug-reports Re: GPF - When using database and
closing/opening/closing PLUS

Post by Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]

Close database dbasesamples

that is *exactly* what I did.
No GPF when I close dBASE.

Using win2000/Plus 2.2 I can not reproduce the GPF, but there is something not
quite right with the close databases command.

1) Start Plus
2) From Navigator->Table open database dbasesamples
3) In command pane type close data dbasesamples. Go to Navigator and confirm
that database is closed.
4) From Navigator->Table open database dbasesamples
5) In command pane type close data dbasesamples. Result is Alert box,

Error: Datatype mismatch. Ecpecting: Object

Go to Navigator and confirm that database is closed.

Data is a valid four letter abbreviation of databases and should work the same
way, no matter how many times it is used. Once when trying various spellings
such as datab, databa, ... I got a GPF after more than ten tests.


Ivar B. Jessen

[mark.i]

Ivar,

I can reproduce your error, but as well as getting the same
error I also get the following error:

Error: Invalid subscript reference.

I got this error once only.

Back to my problem.

Please check my response to Ken, to show exactly how to
reproduce my GPF.


Thanks
Mark.i

[Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]]

Post by Ivar B. Jessen
1) Start Plus
2) From Navigator->Table open database dbasesamples
3) In command pane type close data dbasesamples. Go to Navigator and confirm
that database is closed.
4) From Navigator->Table open database dbasesamples
5) In command pane type close data dbasesamples. Result is Alert box,
Error: Datatype mismatch. Ecpecting: Object
Go to Navigator and confirm that database is closed.
Data is a valid four letter abbreviation of databases and should work the same
way, no matter how many times it is used. Once when trying various spellings
such as datab, databa, ... I got a GPF after more than ten tests.

Can't see the GPF, but I can confirm the error as you note, and have
entered QAID: 4688 ...

Ken
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[mark.i]

Back in the office.

I finally trapped it.

GPF is caused by the way "PLUS" desktop->files properties
are set and the "close databases" command.

On our machines, we set the current-directory to point to a
folder and the search-path pointing to a different folder.

When working in PLUS, the navigator's Look-in combobox shows
the current-directory folder.

If you change your "PLUS" desktop->files properties
current-directory and search-path to be different, and try
the instructions again, I bet you' ll get the GPF, because
when I change the Look-in field to point to the search-path
folder I cannot reproduce the problem.

However, I can reproduce the bug reported in this thread by
Ivar, regardless of the desktop-files properties setting.

Thanks
Mark.I

[Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]]

Post by mark.i
GPF is caused by the way "PLUS" desktop->files properties
are set and the "close databases" command.
If you change your "PLUS" desktop->files properties
current-directory and search-path to be different, and try
the instructions again, I bet you' ll get the GPF, because
when I change the Look-in field to point to the search-path
folder I cannot reproduce the problem.

Okay. I see this. Thanks for taking the time to hunt it down.

I have posted QAID: 4687 for this.

Ken
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[mark.i]

You're welcome.

Mark.I

[mark.i]

I also discovered that the problem reported in the thread,
headed "dCquery createindex", is also caused by the the
properties current-directory/search-path.


Thanks
Mark.i

[Howard Mintzer]

Ken,
You can me too it. I get it on my machine with the latest build and
winxp sp1. Couldn't get it to come up on the bug site tho to me too it
from there. ...probably too soon.

Howie

Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.] wrote:

[Ken Mayer [dBASE, Inc.]]

Post by Howard Mintzer
You can me too it. I get it on my machine with the latest build and
winxp sp1. Couldn't get it to come up on the bug site tho to me too it
from there. ...probably too soon.

I can't "Me Too" it any sooner than you can. It will be there on
Monday.

Ken
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[mark.i]

Ken,

In case you didn't read my previous message suggesting the
problem I reported in "dCquery createindex" is similar to
the problem QAID 4687.

Thanks
Mark.I

[mark.i]

I can, in fact, reproduce or not reproduce it at will.

1 - Click the 'Tables' tab on the Navigator
2 - Select 'DBASESAMPLES' or any other database from the
drop down menu.
3 - Close PLUS (file menu, exit option)
4 - Run PLUS

Step 5 is where it all happens.

5 - Close the database DBASESAMPLE from the command
window -

Please type the following exactly as shown below:

Close database dbasesamples

6 - Close PLUS (file menu, exit option) and, bingo, a GPF
pops up.


The GPF does not reproduce if change step 5 to:

CLOSE DATABASES

Regards
Mark.I

[Bowen Moursund [dBASE Inc.]]

Post by mark.i
I assume your build is the same as Rich's, and is a later
build than 1746. The problem is occuring with build 1746,
therefore I can't see how you can really investigate this
problem.

I cannot reproduce the problem on b1746, Win2000.

[mark.i]

Post by Bowen Moursund [dBASE Inc.]
I cannot reproduce the problem on b1746, Win2000.

I am not the only one to encounter the problem, Roland
reproduce it.

I know the difficulty in resolving the problem if the
developers cannot reproduce it, but it has been reproduced
on two machines over and over again.

Could it be something to do with the BDE? I wonder.

Thanks.

Mark.I

[mark.i]

Please see my previous reply to Ken.

Thanks
Mark.i

[mark.i]

Bowen,

Just to let you know I finally got to the bottom of the GPF
problem. Please my reply to Ken.

Thanks
Mark.i