I had to use task manager to get out of a job and I haven't been able to unlock it.
Running single user on version 2.0.3. I even tried downing the computer and after a reboot and another unlock it still wasn't unlocked.
What next ?

Harley

Harley,

See if the files you are trying to unlock are read only. If they are, remove the read only flag before unlocking them.

Not the case Ray.  The locked files were definitely being written to.  Some were hours old.  And yes, after some time, they mysteriously became unlocked.  There is no doubt about the amount of time I lost because I could not use these files. 

Because of all the records in the Designer, it is now taking almost 10 minutes to Save Changes on layout, or Reconcile, or Create a New Application.  I will probably remove all records in the next few iterations, but need good record samples to do Preview.

Yes, DATABASE RETENTION: ON

I am sure I never set this, but the value came out when I dumped out a Sesame.ini file.  So, I suppose this is the default.  I will have to read up on this, and make sure I know if I want it ON/OFF.

From User Guide, page 548:
Quote:


Hmm, shows default = OFF, so I must have changed it.  And now reading this again, it would seem that I do  want the value of ON for faster loading.  And it may also explain some of the "unknown" applications that I mentioned seeing on Sesame Server in another posting.  I think the Server/Client/Standalone operations and settings are starting to come together now. 

So many new tools with the INI capabilities, hard to remember them all, and since you look at them once, make the INI setting, it is easy to forget they exist.  They are not like programming functions that are used every day.  Thanks for reminding me about that one setting.  Will need to keep looking at loaded applications.

Since I rename development versions File1, File2, File3, etc. and they all have the same Application name, that is why I may see the same application name in the Server list, they are the names of File1, and File2, still there after I have closed them, and why they are locked.  So when they "mysteriously" unlocked later, it was probably because as Admin, I went in and removed the applications.  Did not realized this was happening in Standalone mode, as well as Server/Client.    

Thanks again.....guess we can mark this one SOLVED from my perspective, but this is not my original thread.  But I am satisfied.

I finally got to the internet again during my travels and am happy to say the files magically unlocked much as Bob's did. The files were not read only and I don't know what really happened but all is fine now and it hasn't happened again.

Thanks,
Harley

Alec wrote on Oct 9^th, 2007 at 10:55pm:


Well if we have magically unlocking applications, then I'll gladly write the FixCodeWhileIGetTea function and implement it into the Programming Editor.

-Ray

Hammer wrote on Oct 10^th, 2007 at 1:24pm:


Actually that's just a member function of the class RayTheReaper and is most commonly called from the AHItsBrokenRayMakeItWork function.

I'm not just a function 

-Ray

The magic occured when I clicked on the unlock button. I couldn't get my debug program button to work though. The original problem must have been I was blind and couldn't select the correct program to unlock. I can't think of any other reason for the failure.

Harley