Paradox is giving "The Design Object can not be open"....

[eggheady2k]

"The Design Object can not be open", what do this mean?

We are using Win NT.40 within a Novell/Network environment. A user is trying to access a form using Paradox 8 and gets a messagecan not open design object file)
thats all it tell me what I found out is that the same version of Paradox is on the same hard drive....but thats not true. We are running just corel suite 8.

Thanks A Billion,

 

[Langley]

Usually it means that Paradox was looking for something that it could not find or more rarely, that an object was corrupted to the point where it couldn't be opened. The problem usually lies with unassigned or misassigned aliases. Can you be more specific as to what you were trying to do when the message appeared?

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[eggheady2k]

more specific: Procedure was to access a form via paradox 8 over the network.
the file is located and then click to open............this is when the message appears (The Design Object can not open "intake.fsl.&quot at the lower left hand bottom of the screen.

hope this helps....

 

[footpad]

EggheadY2K,

It sounds like your INTAKE.FSL has, for whatever reason, problems that prevent Paradox from opening it. There are any number of things that could cause this:

1. INTAKE.FSL containing ObjectPAL code that cannot be compiled.

2. INTAKE.FSL refers (in a USES block) to a Paradox form, script, or library that cannot currently be located.

3. INTAKE's data model refers to one or more tables that are missing or cannot be located. The .DB files may be missing or an alias may not be properly defined.

To resolve the issue, you should open INTAKE.FSL in a Design window and then try to save it. You should see error messages indicating the real problem.

If you don't see any error messages, then it's likely that the problem results from a runtime error encountered by ObjectPAL itself. To detect these and display them more prominately:

1. Open INTAKE.FSL in a Design window.

2. Take a look at the main menu and see if you have a Program menu. If not, choose Tools | Settings | Developer Preferences. On the General tab, set ObjectPAL Level to Advanced and Place a checkmark in the Show Developer menus. Choose OK. you should now see a Program menu in the main menu.

3. From the Program menu, choose Compiler Warnings *and* Compile With Debug.

4. Resave your form. If no errors appears, try to run it. You should then see more information to help you resolve the issue.

Please note that I have also seen this error appear when calculated fields need to be redefined as a result of changes to the data model (or the assumptions it was designed with).

Your goal, at this point, is to find out which design object cannot be opened and why that occurred. The above process should help you troubleshoot the problem.

Also, keep in mind the "Show Last Error" feature. If you mose the mouse pointer to a blank area of the status line and it turns into a pointer with a question mark, that means you can click the status line to display a dialog showing the last error that Paradox encountered. It may not be much information, but it can help.

Hope this does...

-- Lance