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From: coop@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Boris Pelakh)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: dBASE IV problems/questions
Keywords: dBASE
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Date: 21 Sep 89 15:34:34 GMT
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A problem with dBASE IV :

	When a error occurs in a program (still developing ...), and
I choose the Cancel option from the menu that pops up, dBASE occasionally
locks up with an annoying beep, and the only way to get out is with
Ctrl-Alt-Del (pretty ugly). When the system comes back up, some of the files
that were open at the moment (especially .MDX files) end up scrambled
and need to be recovered with CHKDSK (even uglier). Any suggestions ?

A couple of questions :

	1. I hear all this great stuff about 1.1. And the question is -
			WHEN ???!!!
	   Sorry. Just a little anxious. 

	2. We are writing a system in dBASE IV that requires security.
	   The logon security is nice, but what if a person leaves his
	   terminal unattended for a while - we want to put a screen
	   that will make him to enter a password after let's say 5 min
	   with no key press. Can that be done without tying an extra
	   program to the clock and keyboard interrupt handlers ?

Boris Pelakh.