Crash o rific

[Zav - Alex Zavatone]

Ok.  This is beyond frustration.  It appears that I can not use 
Valentina without having it bring down Director when I try something 
new.  Like creating databases.

It is for reasons like this that I am not allowed a gun permit in the 
United States.  Canada and Mexico are another story.

Is this thing just fragile as hell?  I have taken to not breathing 
near my laptop lest the disturbance in the air forces cause Director 
MX to vaporize when V is running.  Do I have to check for a V error 
after EVERY call?  DO I have to check the type of a passed variable 
EVERY time lest I pass the wrong thing and cause V to nuke DMX?  I 
STILL can not get anything done, V's not like director where you can 
play and try things out without worrying about having it kill your 
current project.

Are there any guidelines of how to play in the world of Valentina so 
that 1) I can get it to not crash Director MX OS X 10.2.5 and 2) how 
to actually get stuff done?

I'm only STILL trying to create a simple database, add records and 
get them when I need to.
1 table, 3 string fields.

This should not be rocket surgery.

This should NOT be so hard or crash prone.

general ideas anyone?

- Zav
May you find pleasure in my misery since I sure don't.