A sure way to break your system

fp at casabellagallery.com fp at casabellagallery.com
Mon Sep 17 13:02:55 PDT 2007


Very simple:

1) Use a text editor and open /appl/fp/lib/edits

2) Pick an edit definition and remove 1/2 a line or
   simply set it so that it is not complete

3) Open a filePro file where broken edit is used
    or quite possibly, any filePro file

A broken or corrupted edits file is a sure way to bring
your filePro system to its knees or rendering it totally
non-functional.

Give this a try!  :)    Careful, remember that edits
apply to the application(s) unless otherwise redirected.

NOTE:  I came across this some years back when an in-house
programmer messing with /appl/fp/lib/edits removed chunks
of it and saved it.  I do not know if current versions will
do same but I would expect them to.

Regards,


Jose Lerebours



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