Hi all,
I have searched the forum for several days and have read everything I could find on bootstrapping, shadow databases, and network speed but have not found a solution to my problem. I hope someone out there will be able to help me, as I am sure it is a simple mistake I am making.
I have written a database that uses many forms and the users will be opening and closing them often. I have runtime 20 user and created an installer to install the runtime version of the database on the server. I then created an installer for the bootstrap application to install on the client machine (using the instructions and script provided in the help on alpha 5 V6 called �Preparing a Runtime Installation to use a Shadow Database�). I installed the runtime bootstrap application or database on the client machine and then double clicked on the short cut created. It opened the dialog box asking me to locate the master database. I then navigated to the master database (that being the runtime insulation of my database on the server through the network) and clicked the begin install button on the dialog box.
It then asks me to log in (I have security on the database) and begins to open the database behind the dialog box. This process takes about 10 minutes before it appears to be completed and asks me to log in again (the dialog box never closes on its own and I have to close the runtime and restart it to get rid of the dialog box.)
When I run the runtime �shadow� database on the client machine from the shortcut created it appears to open fine but as I try to use it I find that the forms all open unbelievably slow. It does seem to access the data fast enough but the forms are not usable at this speed. I have also noticed some other bugs like the buttons on the client machine changing color along with some other glitches but it is the speed that really concerns me.
Here is what I think is happening. If any one can help I would appreciate it:
When I run the bootstrap application it seems as if it is not creating a shadow database on the client machine at all but on the server. This would explain why the forms are opening so slow. I have searched the client machine and can not find a shadow database anywhere. Is this possible? What am I doing wrong that the shadow database is not being created on the client machine? I am using the script exactly as it is in the instructions (I cut and pasted it to be sure). Is there another way I can create a shadow database on the client machine to use the master database on the server using runtime? I have tried just opening the runtime on the client and opening the master runtime from there to create a shadow but the command does not exist on the runtime version.
Thanks again for any help you can give. I am sorry about the length of this post but I wanted to give you all the information I could.
Walter
I have searched the forum for several days and have read everything I could find on bootstrapping, shadow databases, and network speed but have not found a solution to my problem. I hope someone out there will be able to help me, as I am sure it is a simple mistake I am making.
I have written a database that uses many forms and the users will be opening and closing them often. I have runtime 20 user and created an installer to install the runtime version of the database on the server. I then created an installer for the bootstrap application to install on the client machine (using the instructions and script provided in the help on alpha 5 V6 called �Preparing a Runtime Installation to use a Shadow Database�). I installed the runtime bootstrap application or database on the client machine and then double clicked on the short cut created. It opened the dialog box asking me to locate the master database. I then navigated to the master database (that being the runtime insulation of my database on the server through the network) and clicked the begin install button on the dialog box.
It then asks me to log in (I have security on the database) and begins to open the database behind the dialog box. This process takes about 10 minutes before it appears to be completed and asks me to log in again (the dialog box never closes on its own and I have to close the runtime and restart it to get rid of the dialog box.)
When I run the runtime �shadow� database on the client machine from the shortcut created it appears to open fine but as I try to use it I find that the forms all open unbelievably slow. It does seem to access the data fast enough but the forms are not usable at this speed. I have also noticed some other bugs like the buttons on the client machine changing color along with some other glitches but it is the speed that really concerns me.
Here is what I think is happening. If any one can help I would appreciate it:
When I run the bootstrap application it seems as if it is not creating a shadow database on the client machine at all but on the server. This would explain why the forms are opening so slow. I have searched the client machine and can not find a shadow database anywhere. Is this possible? What am I doing wrong that the shadow database is not being created on the client machine? I am using the script exactly as it is in the instructions (I cut and pasted it to be sure). Is there another way I can create a shadow database on the client machine to use the master database on the server using runtime? I have tried just opening the runtime on the client and opening the master runtime from there to create a shadow but the command does not exist on the runtime version.
Thanks again for any help you can give. I am sorry about the length of this post but I wanted to give you all the information I could.
Walter
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