Richard,
Understood. Welcome to the club of "Unsolved, Wierd & Unexplainable Computer Events" <g>
Personally, I think it's the Diginoids that lurk beneath the figurative steps of my computer's Windows... <g>
Best,
DD
>Thanks.
>The ESL was flaged as "Read Only"....oh well.
>Just one of those things I guess.
>
>Rick
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>>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.
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>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?
>>>>>
>>>>>something to check...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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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