Cannot Auto-Load PMSWITCH

[gizsha]

I have the following problem:
BTRIEVE and PMSWITCH, plus the EXE file resides on a server. When I doubleclick the EXE file, the application starts and runs accordingly.

When I make a shortcut on my desktop (Windows 2000 Pro) and then start the application.
I get these messages:
Cannot auto-load PMSWITCH.
An earlier version of BTRIEVE or DOS Requester is already loaded.

The application seem to start, but it doesn't work accordingly.
What is going on?
Thank you

 

[mirtheil]

Sounds like you've got multiple versions of Btrieve on the machine. BTRIEVE.EXE and PMSWITCH.EXE are Btrieve 6.15.
What version of Btrieve are you trying to use?

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[gizsha]

On the server it's BTRIEVE 6.15.925, I believe. Since doubleclicking the exe file on the server will start up the application properly, and not when I create a shortcut on a workstation. Does that mean I might have a different version of BTRIEVE on the workstation? If so, how can I found out? I did some searches, looked up some .dll files that were mentioned in this forum.

Thanks.

 

[mirtheil]

Yes. I would say you have multiple versions on the workstation. When you get the error, does it just drop you to a command prompt? If so, type "BUTIL -VER" (without the quotes). That should tell you what version of Btrieve is being loaded.
I would check for BTRIEVE.EXE, BREQNT.EXE, BREQUEST.EXE as the starting points. If this is a Windows app, I would check for WBTRV7.DLL and WBTRCALL.DLL.


Mirtheil
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