Thanks for the response,
Yes, I am sure. I checked it several times before posting on the list. And when I closed RBase, I saw my $$$ files automatically erased from the scratch file. In my current setup, I do not set the directory, I let RBase and Windows set it by using the scratch setting “tmp”. I have several users this morning report the problem. Each one with their user username as part of the path as expected. Kenny From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alastair Burr Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:40 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Need help on (filename(0)) and Scratch settings - RBase 7.6.8.3031 for Windows full and compiled versions. Are you _sure_ that the directory path is correct with no spaces and the correct ordinal number for the short names? When using DOS names in Windows I always enclose them in double quotes. Regards, Alastair. From: Kenny Camp <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 11:25 PM To: RBASE-L <mailto:[email protected]> Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Need help on (filename(0)) and Scratch settings - RBase 7.6.8.3031 for Windows full and compiled versions. Hello List, I thought I had a pretty good understanding of temp files and scratch settings but… Recently, my programs have started having more and more failures to create temporary files in several situations for multiple users. Scratch files are always set to tmp unless I change it during troubleshooting. I created a button to capture scratch setting to verify location. The problem does not start immediately after a new session, reports and (filename(0)) work as expected as first. But after a while, (1st issue) printing a very simple report to the screen with no breaks or eeps results in an error C:\docume~1\kenny\locals~1\temp\4bcf107f.$$$ not found! This error is displayed twice even though the report looks OK. These messages are displayed because I have the error messages set ON in order to report if no data found (2059) (error variable stays at 0 even when no data). I checked the scratch directory above and there were $$$ files in the scratch directory but not the one reported in the error. Once this happened, (2nd issue) I tried running a different style of report that captures a select statement or tally to a text file. I test for the existence of the result of set v vfname text = (filename(0)) and if it does not exist, pause for 1, then try again. The loop failed the 5 times it loops, aborted. Each failure was the same file name exactly. I thought the filename is created by/affected by the time (seconds?) but I waited over an hour (same session) and it is still failing to create this same exact file name. Is there a way to seed this process (filename(0)) with a new filename so my users do not have to close and start a new session? I changed my scratch setting to c:\ and it still reported C:\docume~1\kenny\locals~1\temp\4bcf107f.$$$ not found! Same file, same location. Any Ideas what I have done to cause this or what is happening? Confused in OKC, Kenny _____ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2826 - Release Date: 04/21/10 12:09:00
