On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Kurt Wendt <kurtwe...@waitex.com> wrote: > Ahoy there Fellow Pro-Fox Groupies! > > I've stumbed upon a rather strange problem here at work. > > Yesterday I was connected to a client to trouble-shoot a problem. I was > connected via VNC to thier Server - where I was running out system and > tracking down the problem. I managed to figure out the problem - updated > a program - compile it - and send the FXP to them. I then ran the > system, and it then ran the new program - and all's-well-that-ends-well. > Or, at least I thought so... > > So - a little while later - we get an e-mail from the client complaining > something is not working! And, if you can believe - the system/VFP is > claiming the file I updated - it can't actually find it. The strange > part is - if you run the system on thier server - the problem doesn't > occur. But, if you run the system on one of their workstations (error > happens on BOTH an XP and a Win7 system) - then the error occurs. Also, > from thier workstation - we can actually see that the file is THERE - > and it resides in the same folder with the rest of the database system. > But, when the system is running - its like it just can't see the file. > There was even a backed up version of the file in the same folder - > which we could see from the user's workstation - and we were even able > to delete that file from the workstation. So - the workstation/user can > physically see the file - but, the database system/VFP just can't see it > when it attempts to run it! > > Very strange indeed - or at least I think its pretty strange. > > Anyone have ANY Clues?
I assume this is running on a network drive? Check they don't have Offline Files enabled for the network drive. I've seen this do wierd things like you describe. For Windows 7/Vista it might be the VirtualStore, but this generally effects c:\program files -- Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cadwx0+jqzutjs7vl4pwpgnsu0t0mgd2u4smznltow7ofza5...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
