Question about License manager

[Boaz Bezborodko]

On 12/2/2013 3:24 PM, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> On 12/2/2013 2:55 PM, Boaz Bezborodko wrote:
>> Does 'P.EXE' use access the license manager when executed?  Or is it
>> only the likes of rclerk, rreport, etc.?
>>
>> I'm curious because we're seeing a slight delay problem when accessing
>> Filepro.  At first I thought it may be related to accesses to the Samba
>> server, but it seems that only accesses to Filepro cause the problem.
>> It will happen if someone hasn't used it for a period of time and then
>> runs either a p 'menuname' or is already in a menu and executes an
>> rclerk or rreport routine.  The screen will freeze for about 20-30
>> seconds and then continue as if it never happened.
>
> Yes, p.exe/runmenu access the license manager.  However, it's only 
> upon startup and exit.
>
> Are the filePro executables on a network share?  I have seen some 
> networks "idle out" the connection, and need to re-establish the 
> connection the next time it's accessed (such as "run a program from 
> drive X:").
>

I don't think this is an "idle out" problem as other accesses to the 
Samba server are otherwise very responsive.  The License manager runs as 
a process on the same Linux server in case that is of any help.

This problem has been happening for a few months now, but has only been 
a minor annoyance so I haven't looked into it until now.

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