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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I'm experiencing an anomaly with simple open and
close routines in Director 11.5. First I can create a new Dbase such
as:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> MyDb = new(xtra VDataBase",
#kLocal)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>and then open a Dbase such as:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> MyDb.open("C:\Db")</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Works great. I can then close the Db such
as:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> MyDb.close()</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The problem arises when I attempt to open a
different Dbase using the same global. If I simply open the new Dbase, then
about half the time it opens okay, but the other half it causes a "Fatal Error"
and crashes the program. I'm error checking to be sure the Dbase has closed
before attempting to open a new one.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I can correct the problem by always recreating the
global before opening any Dbase.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Question: is this the preferred method, or should I
be able to open and close Dbases using the same global with no
problems?</FONT></DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>
<DIV><BR>Thanks.</DIV>
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<DIV>Richard McCoy<BR>Executive Creative Director<BR>MCR Media Associates,
LLC</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>