build trouble

[Danny Lewkin]

Ok, thanks,
I will try some more...


On 16 Jun 2009, at 11:37, Thorsten Hohage wrote:

> Hi Danny,
>
> On 2009-06-16, at 11:20, Danny Lewkin wrote:
>
>> I have build a windows RB version of an app on my mac, put contents  
>> of
>> vcomponents in dir of .exe file, and guess what, the application runs
>> on windows.... except... :-)
>>
>> Each time i try to connect to a server, I get the errormessage:
>>
>> The connection could not be established because:
>> Valentina is already initialized.
>>
>> On Mac, this app runs fine without any problems.
>> Any idea what's going on here?
>> Do I need to build the application with a windows version of RB?
>
>
> first of all, no you don't need to build on windows, but you should
> debug and "test / log run" in windows. It is common knowledge, or at
> least IMHO it should be common ;-), that apps build with RB are doing
> different things on start up on Mac on Windows. I must have made this
> experience in a painful way several times on my own. So the order of
> events may vary just a little, OR furthermore the timing is different.
>
> Even more bad and especially on windows, the behaviour is different
> when debugging / remote debugging or the app is running. Even writing
> to a log file step by step could change this! So log in memory and
> write the list to file after start up is completed.
>
>
> 2. I would strongly recommend a mutex style of design for the
> "database-context-class" so that it is not possible to try to connect
> twice.
>
>
> 3. Simplest thing to check. Switch of ALL security software,
> especially AV and try to run it again. Are you on Vista? The build in
> virtualization and protection could make life even more harder. Try to
> run it on a XP machine.
>
>
> regards,
>
> Thorsten Hohage
> -- 
>
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>
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