freechn

[Kenneth Brody]

On 3/6/2015 9:17 AM, Chris Sellitto wrote:
[...]
> On the topic of Freechains, what are the most common causes for
> freechains to occur?  We seem to be getting them here at our facility on
> a daily basis.  We have 5.7.03, running on a Windows environment.  We
> have disabled the Window's ability to use the "X" to close a window.
> Where else can we look?

The only thing I can think of (aside from network or hardware errors) would 
be to DELETE an unprotected lookup record while someone else was updating 
that record.

Closing the window via the "x" wouldn't do it, as the Windows version of 
filePro treats that basically the same way it treats Ctrl-\ on *nix, and 
"cleans up" before exiting.  (Even if it didn't, unless Windows killed the 
process at the exact microsecond that filePro was updating the freechain, it 
wouldn't cause freechain errors.)

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Kenneth Brody