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    Script behaves differently on different computer

    I am puzzled and hope someone can explain what is happening. There are two computers that are working in the same database. My computer has a Pentium 4 2.4GHz processor with 1 GB Ram. The other has a Celeron processor 1.8GHz with 1 GB RAM.

    This is a fairly complex database with a number of tables, forms with many calculated fields, and quite a few scripts.

    Everything works fine except one series of scripts that are activated by a button on a form. These scripts parse a memo field (of any size) into 150 character entries which it enters into a field in a different form. When finished with the last entry it pops up a dialog box asking whether you want to update a date on yet a different form. The scripts are controlled by conditional expressions. The variables in those conditional expressions are initially set by field rule and form events, and some are changed within the running of the scripts.

    When the scripts are programmed from my computer (Pentium) they work correctly on my computer, but generate error boxes on the other (Celeron) computer that give the name of a variable, the equation, and state "Too many parameters."

    When I go the the other (Celeron) computer, delete the variable definition, and all changes to it in scripts, then reenter the definitions and changes from that computer it works perfectly on that computer, but causes my computer to generate the popup dialog box with every 150-character entry (rather than when the parsing is completed) because the variables are not being properly set/reset.

    Any suggestions would be appreciated.

    Thanks.

    Marilyn Wallace
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    Re: Script behaves differently on different computer

    Hi Marilyn,

    You fail to mention where the dat resides and if you are using shadowed tables.

    Others can ask better questions maybe, but I would need that knowledge to start thinking about what could be happening.
    Dave Mason
    [email protected]
    Skype is dave.mason46

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      #3
      Re: Script behaves differently on different computer

      The data resides on a separate server.

      I am not sure what shadowed tables are. Each of the other two computers (1 Pentium, 1 Celeron) directly access the data from the server. They do not store any data on their computers.

      Thanks for your help.

      Marilyn Wallace

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        Re: Script behaves differently on different computer

        Marilyn,
        I assume you have both PC's running same OS ie XP or windows 2000 etc. If not that may be source of problem. Also check in Windows, control panel, Regional & Language Options date settings for Time, Short Date, and Long Date. If both PC's are not set the same this could be your problem give you noted that you mentioned "date" in your scripts.
        I had issue where one PC used European date setup and other PC's used US and the date would be switched meaning 31/12/08 instead of 12/31/08. So you could have in your script some Char to Date formating that will be incorrect if the European formating is used. A5 uses for some functions the OS (Windows) system time formatting.

        Hope that helps
        Peter

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          #5
          Re: Script behaves differently on different computer

          Marilyn, are you running the same version and build of Alpha Five on both machines?

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            Re: Script behaves differently on different computer

            Thanks for your comments, Peter and Tom.

            I checked the date and time formats. They are the same.

            You may be onto something, Tom. I thought both computers would have been the same version and build because I thought I purchased both copies of Alpha at the same time. However they are not the same. My computer (the Pentium) has Alpha Five, version 7, build 4130, with system addins build 3033. The Celeron computer has Alpha Five, version 7, build 3880, with system addins build 3005.

            Could this be the source of the problems? What should I do next?

            Note- I have purchased Alpha Five, version 9, but have not installed it yet. I wanted to finish the database I have been working on before tackling version 9.

            Thanks!

            Marilyn Wallace

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              Re: Script behaves differently on different computer

              Marilyn,

              The different versions of v7 can be fixed by running the latest update patch on each computer. I don't think that will repair your problem but maybe.

              I would think the problem arises from not running shadowed and all data is live on both computers by way of a path.

              you may be using mapped drives and they may be different on the 2 computers. If there is a reference to a drive latter in any script, it can fail to run properly. Example: computer "a" has a mapped drive to the program on server, and the mapped drive is "m" while computer "B" uses mapped drive "L".

              Hope it Helps
              Dave Mason
              [email protected]
              Skype is dave.mason46

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