Thanks! in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Brian Mathis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 7/27/00 4:58 AM:
> > Andy Black wrote: >> Hello All, >> I have a strange/annoying little problem. When I install my app and run it, >> it creates a data base. However, whenever I exit my app and try to install a >> newer build POSE complains that it can't install because the database is >> still open. In my App Stop routine I call DmCloseDatabase (gDataBase) then I >> call FrmCloseAllForms (). Am I doing this all wrong? Oh, another strange >> thing about it is, this only happens in POSE with the 2.0 ROM. The 3.5 ROM >> doesn't give me this error. >> >> Any thoughts? >> Thanks, >> Andy > > Yes, this makes perfect sense. There's a few things going on here. > > 1. According to the POSE docs :), you should not be installing apps with the > launcher open. You should be switching to another app, like datebook or > something. Then drag and drop your file to POSE. I'm not exactly sure why, > but > you might have noticed that your app doesn't show up in "applications" until > after you go to another app and then come back. > > 2. In OS 2.0, when you launch the old style launcher, your app does not exit. > Only when another app is launched does your app get closed. This is why POSE > complains about the DB still being open, because it is. Remember, your app is > a > database as well, and while it's running, the system has it open. > > However, if you were doing #1, you wouldn't have the problem in #2 :) It's > helpful to know what's going on though. :) -- Andy Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix is user friendly. It is just picky about who its friends are. -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
