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    Bug in Build 1410_1035

    Mailing label set up with USPS Barcode worked fine for me with Alpha 5 V 5 at least through Build 1385_1026. I have regularly applied newly released patches to the A5V5 installation on one of my two computers. I discovered that the USPS Barcode does not now appear during Preview on my machine with Build 1410_1035. Worse, when I try to print labels with USPS Barcode, A5V5 Build 1410_1035 crashes. My machine with Build 1385_1026 Previews and Prints the labels fine even when the label definition was created on the machine with Build 1410_1035. Both machines are Pentium III's running Win 98SE. This has the earmarks of a bug that was introduced with one of the Patches since 1385_1026. Is this really a bug?
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    RE: Bug in Build 1410_1035

    i have not tried to duplicate this, but would be surprised becaues we have not touched the printing part of a5 for quite a long time.

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      #3
      RE: Bug in Build 1410_1035

      if you go back to a previous build, does the bug go away?

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        #4
        RE: Bug in Build 1410_1035

        Can I safely apply an older Patch, say Build 1385_1026 to an installation that has been updated to 1410_1036? The problem I am having is with 1410_1036, not 1410_1035 as I typed in error. Thanks.

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          #5
          RE: Bug in Build 1410_1035

          Yes (as far as I know)

          RUss

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            #6
            RE: Bug in Build 1410_1035

            I applied the 1385-1026 patch (the version that works on my other machine) to the installation that had been upgraded to 1410_1036. The problem did NOT go away. The barcodes still do not show in preview and if the labels are sent to the printer A5V5 crashes under the 1385_1026 that works fine on my other machine. Therefore, I conclude there is something wrong with the basic installation on my problem machine. I presume I can go back and do an original install and then upgrade to the new patch. I can also apply the newest patch to the "unmolested" machine and verify the the labels work ok under 1410_1036. More later.

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              #7
              RE: Bug in Build 1410_1035

              As long as you did not incorporate a new feature, function ect into the app.

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                #8
                RE: Bug in Build 1410_1035

                I do not understand "function ect into the app".

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                  #9
                  RE: Bug in Build 1410_1035

                  Sorry,

                  While some patches contain pure fixes to problems, others add features, new functions, new xbasic language new scripting features ect. If you have not made use of any of these value added features, you can go back. If you did, these features would obviously not work, since in a sense they don't exist yet.

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                    #10
                    RE: Bug in Build 1410_1035

                    On the machine with A5V5 that displays (Preview) and prints mail labels with USPS bar codes correctly (updated to Patch 1385_1026), ran the 1410_1036 Patch. On this machine the USPS bar codes still display and print correctly. Therefore, I conclude there is not a problem with 1410_1036 itself. There is something wrong with the installation of A5V5 on my other machine. I will reinstall A5V5 from the original disc and reapply the latest patch.

                    When I think back the version of A5V5 "spontaneously" became unusable twice in recent months. In each case the program would open but would not open any of my databases. In both cases, I got it running again by simply reapplying the most recent Patch. I have not purchased any Alpha 5 add-ins other than the Contact Manager that I obtained at the outset.

                    More later.

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                      #11
                      RE: Bug in Build 1410_1035

                      I reinstalled A5V5 on my problem machine from the original disk. With the original build I purchased, the USPS barcodes displayed and printed correctly. I then applied the 1410_1036 Patch, and now the barcodes display correctly. This is the third time that A5V5 became "damaged" on this machine. Curious. Maybe it was all a tempest in a teapot. Thanks everybody. John Rachow

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                        #12
                        RE: Bug in Build 1410_1035

                        I had to reinstall A5V5 from the original distribution disc. The USPS barcodes then displayed correctly on my mail label designs. I then applied the latest patch 1410_1036 to the reinstallation and the USPS barcodes are now correctly displaying. Thninking back over the last few months, this is the third time A5V5 on this machine has become "damaged". That is, A5 would start up but would not open any of my databases. In the previous two cases, simply reapplying the latest patch restored A5V5 to working order. In this episode with the barcodes, I had to do an original reinstall. Whatever. Its working again. Thanks for all the help and suggestions. John Rachow

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