Stack overflow

[Martin]

RE: Stack overflow

Martin,

HP DeskJet 970Cxi

Martin.

[martinwcole]

RE: Stack overflow

Martin, if you're still with us, I would recommend doing basically what Ira suggested.

1. Change the printer driver
goto msconfig and turn off any programs loaded by HP
2. set the "new" printer as the default.
3. in msconfig, turn off everything!
4. goto to the A5V4 folder and select all - and be sure all are not "read only"
5. goto settings in the control panel and be sure the directory settings are correct - possibly c:|programs|A5V4
6. be sure you have space left on the drive
7. Reboot

if the problem still persists, I would bet on the video card being bad.

[Martin]

RE: Stack overflow

Martin,

Thanks; tried all that, but still have the problem. I have over a gigabyte of space on the particular drive. I also have very up-to-date virus software and various Utility progs for analysing, well, everything; RAM, register, disk, etc. and it doesn't report any problems. How much would you bet on the video card being bad? Everything else runs perfectly. I can have two graphics programs, a spreadsheet, DOS application, HTML editor, MS-Word, Outlook Express, three or four launches of Internet Explorer, all running at once quite happily (and fast). Why is Alpha so sensitive? The work I'm planning would mean intalling the software in many departments, all with differently-configured PCs, of various ages; I need something that's not too fussy about what it's running on.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Oh, I don't know if this helps:

I get the error when I click the Finish button with "create a new table from scratch" checked. I DON'T get the error if I have "Use a pre-defined table template" checked.

I also get the error if I double-click on a table in the Control Panel.

Best wishes,

Martin.

[martinwcole]

RE: Stack overflow

Well phooie - would hate to lose a new developer. Have you called Alpha - I'm almost sure installation support is free. There could be something corrupted from your download. Have you tried re-downloading it. I am in the same situation you are in. One of my clients runs my app on 9 computers, [full version(4.5-266)]; and another client runs it on 6 computers [runtime(4.03)]. While I have had and have heard of people having inssues with old video cards when pushing Alpha to the limits with certain forms and certain graphic uses, I have never heard of your problem. So far I have had to replace one video card.

[csda1]

RE: Stack overflow

Martin,

The old video card mention reminded me of one other item that often causes problem that he could try.

Going to the Settings, Control Panel, System, Performance tab, Graphics and then set the Hardware acceleration down a notch or two. This fixes a lot of graphic related problems with old video cards.

Regards,

Ira J. Perlow
Computer Systems Design & Associates
[email protected]

[Jim Chapman]

RE: Stack overflow

Martin,

Are you willing to turn off the math co-processor and see what happens? This used to solve a few of these types of problems. Problem is some other software may depend on the co-processor but at least it would give us more to talk about.

Jim

[Martin]

RE: Stack overflow

Thanks Jim,

Not really. I would if I had an existing application that I was desparate to run, but I'm only trying to appraise a demo version. It's a pity, because the more I look at the system documentation, the more I feel this could be what I need. When's version 5 coming out? Can I get a beta version just to test?

Regards,

Martin.

[Jim Chapman]

RE: Stack overflow

Hello Martin,

>>When's version 5 coming out? Can I get a beta version just to test?

It's a guessing game as to when v5 will be released. If I were forced to guess, I'd say before the year is out. You could send an email to Alpha and ask to be on their beta testing list.

Let me get on the pulpit here, hang in there with Alpha. Their are some issues, heaven knows I've ran into a few, but I don't think there's a tool out there that will let you develop powerful desktop database solutions in a short time frame like Alpha will. There are products that are as easy to use (some will say easier), but in my opinion, none that will give you the ease of use along with the tremendous power that Alpha does, especially with the new scripting gene that is included in v5. Takes you way beyond v4's action scripting.

Jim

[Martin]

RE: Stack overflow

Jim,

Thanks. I'll try to be patient!

Martin.

[James Peterson]

RE: Stack overflow

Maybe someone has suggested this, but get a new copy of Alpha5V4.5 from Alpha.
You might also check to see if buffers and stacks are set high enough in your Config.sys file. If they are not there add them. Buffers = 50
Stacks = 250

[Martin]

RE: Stack overflow

Thanks James,

I've tried the buffers and stacks settings (yes, and re-booted!) and - no change.

I have, several times, tried re-installing A5 from the same download file, but I don't think there's anything actually wrong with the download file itself, because it installed and runs ok on another computer (actually, a laptop). Both computers are set up in faily standard (and similar) ways, the CONFIG and AUTOEXECs are alost identical. The laptop actually has about a quarter of the RAM of the PC. They both have the same virus software running, etc. (Laptop is Win 98, though, PC is Win 95).

The only thing I'm not sure of is what's set up in the Registry. I guess something stays there when one Uninstalls, because it still knows how many days I've got left of my appraisal period. If Alpha trust me to buy this system eventually, berhaps they, or someone, could let me know how to remove absolutely every trace of it, so that I can re-install from absolute scratch.

Yours, still baffled,

Martin.

[Stan Mathews]

RE: Stack overflow

"remove absolutely every trace of it"

Use regedit and search for "Alpha Software", "Alpha Five". and "A5"

[Martin]

RE: Stack overflow

Stan,

I ran the AlphaFive uninstall, then deleted entries from the registry, then reinstalled.

Same problem.

However, I got the message saying "13 days left to test AlphaFive" so it's kept something somewhere. Being an honest sort of chap I've never tried to find out where this is stored, but it mist mean that some vestage of the system is still in my PC.

Anyway, I don't know where you are, but it's 6.10 pm here on Saturday evening, so I'm not going to worry about it any more.

Thanks for trying.

Martin.
PS I think, at 28 entries on this problem, I may be in danger of holding some sort of record, and I haven't even bought the product yet!

[James Peterson]

RE: Stack overflow

I would suggest you buy the product and get a fresh installation disk. Then if it does't work you can call Tech Support at Alpha. I had a problem some time ago that we could not solve (can't remember just what) and they sent me a new disk, and that fixed the problem. They give a certain number of days free to correct an installation problem.
Alpha, from my view, is a great database program. I hope you are able to solve the dilemma.