Re: RE: Re: Crash while running report

Wiebe - I've had experiences like you're describing and doing "the big clean" generally helps. I swear that a piece of lint gets into the data somewhere and screws things up. It has been some time since this has happened to me but I remember that when I exported the data and scanned it there were some ascii codes in there that shouldn't have been there are removing them cleared things up.

Don

On Nov 30, 2007 7:29 AM, Wiebe Cazemier <halfgaar-hi6Y0CQ0nG0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

I tried the DPEXP/DPIMP trick, but that didn't help. I'll try the Big Clean
method, and see if that yields any results.

BTW, I'm running Linux, and using Dosemu to run DP. However, the problem also
occurs on a machine running Windows 2000 (the only other one I've tested).

Thanks for your help,

Wiebe

On Friday 30 November 2007 07:31, Tony Perez wrote:

> Wiebe,
>
> Try running DPEXP.COM on your DP app which creates the .STE file. Then
> import it back using DPIMP.COM. It might clean up some corruption that could
> be affecting your report. If you need help in running DPEXP.COM/DPIMP.COM
> from the Command prompt, let us know. We'll need to know a few basic points
> such as what version of Windows you are running, the directories where you
> keep DP and your database and the DP version you are using.
>
> An .STE file of a database is a very useful and powerful tool. You can open
> it up in a Text Editor to extract elements of a database and create other
> similar databases by changing the filename. Once you look at an .STE file
> you'll get a good idea of your database's structure. The Reports are at the
> bottom.
>
> If DPEXP/DPIMP does not correct the problem, your next option will be to run
> Ralph Alvy's BIG CLEAN which is explained in his fantastic manual - a
> version of which can be downloaded from the Users Group.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> All the best,
> Tony
>

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