Should the forms built in windows look the same in Linux. I was experimenting with mine in Linux and the tabbed one was a mess. 

Yes I'm using the same version 1.0.4 on both, on the tabbed form , you could not tell it was a tabbed form, it looked like one big mess nothing was right, there were some elements from each tab on the screen but it didnot look remotely like a form. I'm using mandrake Linux 10.0 and Sesame would crash after displaying it one time, Sesame just disappeared and the db was locked, had to overwrite it, second time same thing. The "single form" databases displayed correctly.

Sure, Let me make sure my upgrade took to 1.0.4 before I start a fire.

Hello proudpoppy,

Your database made it through to support.

Proudpoppy,

Your images are crashing because your Image Path is set to C:\Sesame\Data. Linux has no C drive and the slashes go the opposite way as Windows. Bottom line, Linux has no clue what you are talking about.

We'll take care of the crash, but you need to change your Image Path to a valid Linux path for your images to work.

Is there any way you could show us a screenshot of your messed up tabs, so we can get some idea of what we're looking for?

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This sounds like we need two versions of an application if want to use on Windows and Linux?

I know that the image path is in the Application Settings, so that can be handled on site with installation. But I am thinking about code that might be using XLU or SHELL, Import/Export commands, etc. 

Perhaps there is some global code you can provide so we can check the OS and change values as needed?   This is not an immediate need (version 1.6 is more important).  Just trying again to get a complete picture of any limitations developers might be up against.  Want to plan ahead, and have to react to problems.

Thanks for making me think again......

Note to Self:

When I get home remove egg from face..


  Being a rookie in linux was the problem not Sesame, I had made a icon on the desktop in linux to Sesame when it was ver.1.0 "I believe I actually moved the "Sesame.bin" to the desktop.When I looked in the sesame folder the Sesame.bin file was updated and I never seen the "Sesame 1.0" at the top left of the screen until a few minutes ago, I have corrected the problem and it is running smooth as it does in xp, maybe better. Sorry for the goose chase, boy so much to learn so little time.    now I know how my wife feels when she's beating on the puter, 

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I hope you enjoy using Unix. I come from the "Unix World" and really like to see the occasional convert. The Linux version of Sesame (which is 99.98% based on the same code as the Windows version) runs most engine operations between 30% and 300% faster. I move back and forth from Windows and Linux arbitrary as I work on Sesame - working for a week or two on one OS and then switching for a while. I try to make sure the development never leans too far one way or the other.

A lot of Win/DOS users get intimidated by Unix. It used to be that the install programs were something of a black art. But with each new version of Suse, Red Hat, and Mandrake that I see, the install, desktop, and general feel, is getting friendlier and friendlier. A lot of the Linux distributions now have "boot from CD" versions, that allow you to try Linux without installing anything onto your harddrive. They create a "ram disk" in place of your harddrive - so you can create and write files. You can even install and run Sesame on these CD versions. Great for internet and web surfing (which really is a Unix oriented environment).

Linux is slowly growing in popularity and in actual size. The number of programs (both professional and freeware) available for Linux is actually becoming quite extraordinary. Much of it is original to Linux and evokes a lot of the pride in craftsmanship that was the hallmark of early computing.

So if you miss the days when computers and software were involved in a sense of community, where end-user and developer were not so distant from one another (often interchangeable), where software was not merely a way to make money, and where (every once in a while) you got your hands dirty and acted as your own mechanic - Linux may well be a great choice.