A True Puzzle

[Nancy Palmquist]

A resolution but not a solution to my puzzle.  I rebooted the server 
that was running this process and then the process worked as it should.

I have no idea what difference that made since the processing would run 
in the Debug state but not without.

Ken - it was not running and the proof was that the two numbers 
displayed in the middle of the screen did not change for over 5 
minutes.  If I ran it without debug on, the two numbers stated the same 
and never did anything.
If I used the debug mode to step into the programming and ran the 
process for a number of records, when I stopped and hit CONTINUE or QUIT 
the two numbers displayed for Selected and Generated, never changed 
after that point.

Break did not work to stop the process either.  Only way out was to X 
the window.

I wish I could have figured out what caused it to stick, but since I got 
a resolution I have to be happy with that and say that since it has not 
happened in the +8 years the process has been in place, it is not likely 
to happen again in the near future.

I expect it is some weird WINDOWS thing.

Nancy

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.
>
> The command line has a -u and I double checked it is not a locked 
> record issue.  Also verified by the fact that I can step past the 
> records in the debugger.
>
> I rebuilt indexes - who knows right?
>
> Nothing has changed with regard to the data structure or programming 
> on this for many years.  It prints to a file, so it is not waiting for 
> a printer to be online.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Nancy
>

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