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    Halt Script = Halt A5v7?

    I just tried turning on the "Halt Script" option and it created all kinds of problems.

    The first time I restarted A5 after turning on the setting, A5 started correctly. The next time, the Halt Script box came up and it wouldn't go beyond that. Even if I clicked the Halt button, A5 wouldn't go beyond the gray screen. Subsequent restarts of A5 resulted in the same problem - no way to get past the gray screen. (I don't recall seeing the startup logo either and it is turned on.)

    Rebooting the computer gave me one more good startup - sort of. It would start OK if I simply started A5. Trying to start an application from an icon (target = D:\A5v7\alpha5.exe -nosplash -title="AIMS Business" "E:\A5V5\AIMS\Busin5\aims.adb") would fail even on the first attempt.

    On one "start A5 then start the app" attempt, I continued to try running the app and the initial menu form came up but it wouldn't run. However, I could use the View Settings menu.

    I also had similar problems starting the runtime.

    The only solution - without resetting the "Halt Script" option - was to reboot the computer in order to get A5 to start at all. It has now been rebooted 6 times and I'm tired of testing.

    Now that I've turned off the Halt Script option (View Settings / Preferences / Running Scripts), everything is back to normal.
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    #2
    I had the same problem. I want to turn off the Halt Script option (View Settings / Preferences / Running Scripts) but A5v7 hangs when I try to re-start. I uninstalled and re-installed A5v7 and re-booted, but still I could not re-start A5v7. Then I re-installed A5v6 and set the Halt Script option to "No" in that program, then re-booted and tried to start A5v7 -- still no success.

    Any ideas please on how I can get back into A5v7 so I can turn off the Halt Screen option? Any other way to turn off that option?

    WinXP professional 2002 SP2
    Pentium 4 3.2GHz
    RAM 1.0GB

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      #3
      Did you try starting with the Ctl-Shift pressed? I don't know if it will work but it's worth a try.

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        #4
        Thanks, Cal. I tried your suggestion, but still no luck. Any other ideas?

        I saw on another thread that re-installing XP is an option - but they didn't say if it was successful. What do you think?

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          #5
          I don't know anything about this bug. But you shouldn't have to reinstall XP. Try calling or emailing tech support. But I don't know if you can get hold of anyone between now and Monday.
          Peter
          AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

           [email protected]
          https://www.alphabasesolutions.com

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            #6
            I have no idea if re-installing XP will work or not. I certainly don't recommend wiping your hard drive and starting over except as a last resort. However, if simply re-installing over the existing OS, that shouldn't be a big deal.

            Did you try going to the A5v7 folder and just clicking on Alpha5.exe to start the program all by itself with no application? That worked for me but only one time after each reboot of the system. As I noted above, if I tried to start an application from the same icon that started A5, it wouldn't work.

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              #7
              delete the following registry key:
              HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Alpha Software\Alpha Five Version 7\preferences\script_execution\allow_break

              That will turn off the halt dialog.
              Aaron Brown
              Alpha Software Development Team

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                #8
                Originally posted by AaronBBrown
                delete the following registry key:
                HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Alpha Software\Alpha Five Version 7\preferences\script_execution\allow_break

                That will turn off the halt dialog.
                Wasn't this the desired function to break out of a running function? :) And it doesn't work? :o
                Marcel

                I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
                ---- Confusius ----

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Marcel Kollenaar
                  Wasn't this the desired function to break out of a running function? :) And it doesn't work? :o
                  To be honest, I don't believe this ever worked right, all the way back to V5. I'm not even sure why we still have it in there as an option. I think we either need to remove it or fix it.
                  Aaron Brown
                  Alpha Software Development Team

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                    #10
                    The "Halt Script" option is deadly!
                    Peter
                    AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

                     [email protected]
                    https://www.alphabasesolutions.com

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by AaronBBrown
                      To be honest, I don't believe this ever worked right, all the way back to V5. I'm not even sure why we still have it in there as an option. I think we either need to remove it or fix it.
                      Aaron,

                      There is a WISH that we can break out of a script when it hangs. If this is the solution than please fix it. If not than please change it in a way we can quit a hanging script. The problem will be that A5 is instable after the break. But you can give the pros and cons for such a function. I find it very useful in API programming. It hangs a lot :D when I program in API.....

                      Regards,

                      Marcel
                      Last edited by Marcel Kollenaar; 12-01-2005, 07:03 PM.
                      Marcel

                      I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
                      ---- Confusius ----

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