formerTexan
Programmer
I am at loss.
Am using Win 2000 NT (SP4) with A2K on a laptop.
One application seemingly lost its reference to a class, followed by an inability to find some user defined database properties. When I checked several other applications using this class, they exhibited the same problem. This was on a machine where the applications had worked fine the day before and hadn’t subsequently been altered in any way.. And I have since turned up a couple of other applications with “lost” variable references
First I checked the reference library – everything was in order. I dug out the installation disc and ran the repair setup, but to no effect. Then tried a reinstallation also to no effect.
So I transferred one of the working copies of an application from a desktop pc (with A2K and Win 2000 NT sans SP4) to the laptop.
When I opened a form in the application where I had first encountered the problem, it was as if some of the code modules were ignored. There was no response to breakpoints at OnOpen and OnLoad events. I could throw in a line of code like “()&)@$$@%” in the form’s OnLoad procedure and not get a whimper. I tried using the wizard to install a command button and code. The button visually responded to clicks, but code on the Click event failed to fire. Recompiling code failed to help although the compiler caught the line of gibberish in the process.
Pulling applications off of the affected laptop and running them on machines with Win 200NT and A2K and then on WinXP machines with A2003 showed no problems. Not all applications on the laptop are affected. At this point I ran out of ideas.
On a perhaps related note:
When adding a command button to a form in the affected application I got a compile error:
“In query expression ‘appLoadString ([bw_tblButtonActions].[Description])”
Any learned or not so learned ideas on the problem or cure will be appreciated.
Cheers,
Bill