A True Puzzle

[Kenneth Brody]

On 6/20/2016 1:12 PM, Nancy Palmquist via Filepro-list wrote:
> I have a strange puzzle.
>
> A process that has worked for years on a Windows platform, filepro version 5.0.
>
> When I run it the normal way, it seems to stop before doing anything at the
> first selected record and just sits there.
>
> If I add -db to the command line, the debugger starts and if I hold down
> ENTER to step through the records with the debug it runs correctly.
>
> I added a SHOW on the third line so I could watch what happened when DEBUG
> is not on and the show is never displayed when the process is run normally.
>
> If I hit CONTINUE or QUIT in the debugger, it just hangs where ever I left
> it in the count down.
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Any chance it's running, but the video isn't being updated for some reason?

What happens if you add "video sync" after the "show"?

What if you add a DEBUG ON, which is executed only if MOD(@rs,"10")="0" is 
true?  (ie: every 10 records during output.)  Does it stop at the debugger 
again?

-- 
Kenneth Brody