Many thanks to Daniel Mills for suggesting I check my temporary file accumulation. It appears that my code was not closing queries and I had built up to the limit of 10,000 temp files. So, if your Pro starts acting oddly, do a search (with show hidden files) for file starting with "~MAP". Closing the application process resulting in these files not being cleaned up.
Suggestion for MapInfo - how about an error message when Pro cannot get an available temp file name? Regards, Warren Vick Europa Technologies Ltd. http://www.europa-tech.com -----Original Message----- From: Warren Vick, Europa Technologies Ltd. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 September 2004 11:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Pro crippling problem Hello -L'ers, Here's a nasty problem that I found this week and have not yet been able to solve. On a client's computer (Win2000), I was running a MB program (compiled with 4.5, running on 6.0) which runs through a large table and splits objects that cross international boundaries. The program uses "fastedit on undo off" for speed. The process is one that Pro seems to slow down Pro as it progresses. I didn't check memory consumption but I have found such problem in batch object processing in several versions of Pro. Anyway, the program seemed to have hung so, checking there was no disk activity, I shut the process down. Then things went wrong... On the system there were three version of Pro v4.5, v6.0 and 7.5. Versions v4.5 and v6.0 now crash on start-up (get past splash screen, see main window with menus and toolbars, hourglass pointer, and that's it - doesn't get to the start-up dialog). Version 7.5 seems to work OK but when I do a SQL select on any table, it hangs (again with an hourglass pointer). I thought this could be table damage or (heaven forbid) a disk error, but after lots of check it seems to be neither. I moved on to another system the next day, this time WinXP (SP1), and the same thing has happened. On both systems, the clients IT staff have deinstalled everything and reinstalled and there is no change. It seems I have cursed both machine never to run Pro again. Anyone seen anything like this before? Regards, Warren Vick Europa Technologies Ltd. http://www.europa-tech.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13338 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13339
