I just discovered that my system doesn't always display all of the available tables in the Add table/set window. I'd like to find out if anyone else is having the issue described below in order to (hopefully) track down the cause. I'm particularly curious to know if it happens on any other operating systems.
When a table has both the read-only and the archive attributes both unchecked this table will not show up in the Add tables/sets window. However, these files are visible when I go a step further and click the drop-down box which is normally used to locate tables/sets in other folders.
I think this issue may be related to an issue I've been having with the filefind.get() function when the attributes are unchecked. The A5 team created a fixed for filefind.get() in the latest update - build 1330/1018 - but, although it now works correctly on Selwyn's systems, it still doesn't work correctly on my systems. (Selwyn often asks us to send him examples of problems - maybe I should ship him my whole system!)
Both computers I own exhibit this Add tables/sets problem but I checked two others and one has the problem while the other does not. All systems checked so far have been Win98 SE. I also updated to IE 6.0 because the system it worked correctly on was using 6.0 while I was still at 5.5 - it didn't help.
This attribute issue can easily happen when files are backed up or copied from a CD:
- Backup routines should turn off the archive bit to indicate that it has been backed up. When the archive bit is turned on again, it tells an incremental backup that the file has been changed and should be backed up again.
- And, if the read-only bit is turned off after copying from a CD, then all attributes will be off unless you manually turn the archive bit back on. (Or modify the file later which will also turn the archive bit back on.) So, if I copy a whole database from a CD to my computer, uncheck the read-only bit, then open the database and go to the Add tables/sets option, nothing is there - which is how I discovered the issue.
I have also tried various settings in the Windows Settings / Folder Options including turning them all off and turning them all on - no change.
Besides getting some feedback on how other operating systems are reacting to this, any thoughts on a solution would be appreciated.
When a table has both the read-only and the archive attributes both unchecked this table will not show up in the Add tables/sets window. However, these files are visible when I go a step further and click the drop-down box which is normally used to locate tables/sets in other folders.
I think this issue may be related to an issue I've been having with the filefind.get() function when the attributes are unchecked. The A5 team created a fixed for filefind.get() in the latest update - build 1330/1018 - but, although it now works correctly on Selwyn's systems, it still doesn't work correctly on my systems. (Selwyn often asks us to send him examples of problems - maybe I should ship him my whole system!)
Both computers I own exhibit this Add tables/sets problem but I checked two others and one has the problem while the other does not. All systems checked so far have been Win98 SE. I also updated to IE 6.0 because the system it worked correctly on was using 6.0 while I was still at 5.5 - it didn't help.
This attribute issue can easily happen when files are backed up or copied from a CD:
- Backup routines should turn off the archive bit to indicate that it has been backed up. When the archive bit is turned on again, it tells an incremental backup that the file has been changed and should be backed up again.
- And, if the read-only bit is turned off after copying from a CD, then all attributes will be off unless you manually turn the archive bit back on. (Or modify the file later which will also turn the archive bit back on.) So, if I copy a whole database from a CD to my computer, uncheck the read-only bit, then open the database and go to the Add tables/sets option, nothing is there - which is how I discovered the issue.
I have also tried various settings in the Windows Settings / Folder Options including turning them all off and turning them all on - no change.
Besides getting some feedback on how other operating systems are reacting to this, any thoughts on a solution would be appreciated.
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