Troy/Larry:
My experience is that this behavior is caused by some untrapped critical error in the R:Base code that gets executed, preventing the RSHOW from ever being reached. For instance, an undefined variable, a missing label, etc. , in such a place that the code continues to execute anyway. As an example: code file A RUNs code file B which has an error near the end such that you may not notice that it didn't really complete its execution, but control returns to code file A which picks up after the RUN. RBG7 is still aware of an unresolved error and, upon the code that attempts to EXIT, the RSHOW does not get executed.
Emmitt
Larry,
This sounds similar to a problem that I have, and have never been able to solve it.
I have a problem when exiting out of R:base using the Exit command, R:base does not stop running and just stays in memory eating up tons of resources. If you try to start R:base again, it takes a long time, but anything else does too.
The problem does not occur if you go to the main R:base system menu and then click on the X in the corner. It is just the exit from my applications. I have a couple of different apps that have the problem and have never been able to isolate what causes it. If I just start up the APP and then exit it may not happen. It occurs after the system is used, going in and out of froms....
Anyway, for your problem on those machines, are you sure it is the first time they are starting the app, and R:base is not already running in the background? Check the task manager for multiple sessions running.
Troy
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lawrence Lustig Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:22 AM To: RBG7-L Mailing List Subject: [RBG7-L] - Runaway R:Base processes / R:Base won't start.
At a large installation, I have the following problem on a small number of machines:
Sometimes R:Base appears not to start. You can click on the icon several times, but the application's menu does not appear on the screen. Checking the process list in Task Manager, I am able to see a number of RBG7 processes running (more than I tried to start, so I think that someone had run some before I got to the machine).
One of the processes is racking up time on the CPU. When I kill that one, the menus for the others appear on the desktop.
Has anyone experienced anything like this, with R:Base sessions running in Task Manager but not appearing on the desktop?
My icon runs R:Base and uses a DAT command file to open the database and load the form which has the main menu. -- Larry
Emmitt Dove Manager, DairyPak Business Systems Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc. 40 Lindeman Drive Trumbull, CT 06611 (203) 673-2231 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
