Programming with dBASE - Blink and it's gone

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Blink and it's gone

Michael Kellough

2005-05-14, 11:23 am

I have a DBase 5.7 application that has worked fine for years on several computers (notebook and desktop) from Windows 95 to XP SP-2.

I just bought a new notebook with 17" wide-screen, 2gig ram memory, 3.4 ghz processor ect... It has XP-Professional SP2.

When I run some of the procedures (whether from dbase command window or compiled exe file) I receive a windows audible error (no visual reference) and my application and/or dbase is closed and I'm back to the desktop. No DBase error.

I'm assuming this has something to do with memory. Any ideas?

Thanks,

mike

Richard Perryman

2005-05-16, 9:23 am

"Michael Kellough" <MLKellough@aol.com> wrote in message
news:4KfvlgJWFHA.1528@news-server...
>I have a DBase 5.7 application that has worked fine for years on several
>computers (notebook and desktop) from Windows 95 to XP SP-2.
>
> I just bought a new notebook with 17" wide-screen, 2gig ram memory, 3.4
> ghz processor ect... It has XP-Professional SP2.
>
> When I run some of the procedures (whether from dbase command window or
> compiled exe file) I receive a windows audible error (no visual reference)
> and my application and/or dbase is closed and I'm back to the desktop. No
> DBase error.
>
> I'm assuming this has something to do with memory. Any ideas?
>
My first guess would be the printer driver. Change your default printer to
something else. Do you have a printer installed? It may be defaulted to
the virtual fax driver. Just install a generic printer driver & make it the
default, then see if everything works ok, if so - you know you need to make
some printer adjustments "update driver" etc....

thanks

Richard Perryman

2005-05-16, 9:23 am

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> "Michael Kellough" <MLKellough@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:4KfvlgJWFHA.1528@news-server...

Just a few other thoughts. You need administrative rights to your computer
and make sure you are installed to a 8 or less character length folder. You
are not accessing folders longer than 8 characters are you? vdb 5.7 can't
handle that in xp. Samething on file lenghts

thanks
Richard

Jan Horner

2005-05-16, 1:23 pm

"Michael Kellough" <MLKellough@aol.com> wrote in message
news:4KfvlgJWFHA.1528@news-server...
> I have a DBase 5.7 application that has worked fine for years on several
computers (notebook and desktop) from Windows 95 to XP SP-2.
>

> When I run some of the procedures (whether from dbase command window or
compiled exe file) I receive a windows audible error (no visual reference)
and my application and/or dbase is closed and I'm back to the desktop. No
DBase error.

Did you check the "Data Execution Prevention" tab? XP 2 has policies where
you can optin our optout. Go to Start, Control Panel, System. Click Adv.
tab, then Performance, Settings. Click the Data Execution Prevention tab.
Click on Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select.
The Add to add you app.

You need admin rights to do this.

Jan Horner

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