Computer problems? 
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 Computer problems?

We are doing a database system for a client with VB4 and Access. The client's
system is all Win95 except for the main file server.  The network is Novell.

For the most part everything seems okay, but there are one or two snags.  The
nastiest one is that when we install our software and run it on two of the
computers the computers lock up.  That is two computers out of a dozen -- the
rest all work fine.  

We tend to beleive that the problem is computer specific rather than related to
our program because it runs so well on all of the other machines.  

Any ideas?

Not smiling now,
John



Mon, 02 Nov 1998 03:00:00 GMT  
 Computer problems?

John,

Whenever you have an app that runs OK on one machine but not on
another, the problem is almost always a missing or outdated  DLL on
the target machine. All you have to do is find it. The best tool I've
found for sniffing which DLL is missing is a product called DSX. It's
put out by Crystal Reports and you can download it for free from the
Crystal home page software library. Just run your app on the machine
that works OK, run DSX and save the output to an LST file. Do the same
thing on the machine that doesn't work right just up to the point
where you get the error. Run DSX there and save the output. Now you
can hit the 'compare' button to find out which ones are missing or out
of date. Just copy over the missing ones and you'll be OK. When you
download DSX, there is a text file that tells you how to use it. This
has always worked for me.

Eric {*filter*}
Atlanta, GA USA

Quote:

>We are doing a database system for a client with VB4 and Access. The client's
>system is all Win95 except for the main file server.  The network is Novell.
>For the most part everything seems okay, but there are one or two snags.  The
>nastiest one is that when we install our software and run it on two of the
>computers the computers lock up.  That is two computers out of a dozen -- the
>rest all work fine.  
>We tend to beleive that the problem is computer specific rather than related to
>our program because it runs so well on all of the other machines.  
>Any ideas?
>Not smiling now,
>John



Wed, 04 Nov 1998 03:00:00 GMT  
 
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