Richard,
Great that you discovered the problem!!
ESLs can get hammered just like any other file. It happens. I have seen this in Fox before as well as the index thing. Is the ESL marked as "Read Only" ? You might want to do that.
Best,
DD
>My boss has determined that the problem is somehow connected to a corrupt ESL.
>He copied a "good" ESL over the one he questioned, and the problem went away.
>The question remains, what happened to the original ESL to cause this?
>
>Rick
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>>I'm not familar with INBROWSE.
>>We place all the apps in one directory, executed by a common EXE accessed via shortcuts on the desktop.
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>>We have now noticed that the FoxUser file may be involved.
>>We copied a FoxUser that contained an entry for this Browse that contained the correct structure. But after running the program the content is now for the wrong stuff.
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>>Rick
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>>>Doesnt INBROWSE (if u are using it) allow the user to move and resize fields in the browse window inside the screen?
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>>>something to check...
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>>>>If the APP is installed locally on each workstation, my guess would be a corrupted app or a different version of the app is running on those computers.
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>>>>>Has Anyone Seen Or Heard Of Anything Like This!?!?!?!?!!!
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a fox 2.6 app in which I have a browse in a window.
>>>>>The browse displays specific fields from a temp table.
>>>>>
>>>>>For about half my users the browse is now displaying the wrong information...the fields are not what was specified!
>>>>>
>>>>>It should be:
>>>>>Client_no, Profile_no, Name, Analyst, Entry_date, GeneralInformation, Sequence
>>>>>
>>>>>The corrupt presentation is now:
>>>>>Client_no, Profile_no, GeneralInformation, Analyst, Entry_date, Sequence
>>>>>
>>>>>The 3rd field is totally missing and the 6th field is in the 3rd position.
>>>>>
>>>>>This is happening only to some users.
>>>>>It started yesterday and is spreading.
>>>>>
>>>>>Has Anyone Seen Or Heard Of Anything Like This!?!?!?!?!!!
>>>>>
>>>>>Rick Liebespach
Best,
DD
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