Which version of Sesame do you have? Also, please post the contents of your "Sesame.ini" file. (It's normally located in the C:\Sesame2 folder.)

I run (and develop) Sesame on a Windows 7 box frequently. No problems seen.

Same here -- no problems under Win 7.

By any chance are your data files on a network, not the local machine?

It has to be something other than Sesame.
Like many others have said, I have Sesame Designer on Win7 with no problems.

Since you said it is a new machine, are you sure that components within the machine are not creating the problem? If the machine has a Diagnostic testing software (Many national brands like dell do) that may help you find any conflicts.

NHUser wrote on Sep 4^th, 2012 at 9:02pm:


Very doubtfully.

I suspect that it has to do with configuration of your OS, not the OS itself. Look into security settings, anti-virus settings, firewall settings, network settings, etc.

If none of those are out of the ordinary, you might also consider running a few hardware diagnostics, especially on memory and hard drive.

Also, as Rick asked, are your files on the local machine or through the net?

Also (again), when you say it "locks up" can you be more specific? Do you see the preview window? Is it locked up also?

When SDesigner brings up the preview window, the SDesigner window is "locked" until the preview window goes away. Sometimes, WindowsOS is a bit willy-nilly about stacking order, and the preview window is obscured, causing the end user to see that the SDesigner window is locked, and since they don't see the preview window, they believe it is "locked up".

When I click on the Preview App button, the program starts to load the preview but locks up the computer before it makes it to the application.

Regarding the suggestions for diagnostics, virus protection settings, etc.  I'm going to need to get my IT people involved.  I'll let you know what they find.

I've always run it on my computer, which is on a network but the .dsr file is on my local C: drive.

By 'locked up' i mean that SDesigner is locked up.  The mouse will move, the other programs continue to function fine.

I've looked at the task manager and the CPU hog is SDesigner.

I don't run SDesigner on full screen.

Yes, there is some code in the On App Open event (below).

I don't know what you mean by "open in Sesame runtime".  I just click on the Preview button when i'm working in the .dsr file.

//Set any defaults and do any checks when the application opens

//Set the variables
Var vTree as INT
var vTreeStatus as Int
var n as int

// Turn on the appropriate menu.  Note that the Basic User has access to the Basic User Menu, the Administrators have access to the MASTER Menu and all else should go to the Presidents Menu.
// Add any new users to the FIRST ELSE statement below!!!

If @Group="Temporary"
{
     vTree = @SelectTreeItem(@Application + "!Forms!Add Data!Menu!Temp employee time")
     SetDefaultTab("Add Data basic user Menu")
}      



If @Group="Basic User" or @Group="Mill Room" OR @GROUP="INSPECTION" or @Group="SETUP"
{
     vTree = @SelectTreeItem(@Application + "!Forms!Add Data!Menu!BASIC USER MENU")
     SetDefaultTab("Add Data basic user Menu")
}


If @Group="President" OR @GROUP="DIM AUDITOR" OR @group="MACHINE" OR @GROUP="PERSONNEL" OR @GROUP="SUPERVISOR" OR @GROUP="MANUFACTURING1" OR @GROUP="MANUFACTURING2" OR @GROUP="PRODUCTION" OR @GROUP="QUALITY" OR @GROUP="QUALITY SUPERVISOR"
     OR @GROUP="TECHNICIAN" OR @GROUP="INSIDE SALES" OR @GROUP="ACCOUNTING" OR @GROUP="SALES_SUPPORT" OR @GROUP="SALES" OR @GROUP="SALES_2" OR @GROUP="DATA ENTRY" OR @GROUP="PURCHASING" or @Group="SHIPPING"
{
     vTree = @SelectTreeItem(@Application + "!Forms!Add Data!Menu!PRESIDENT MENU")
     SetDefaultTab("Add Data Main Menu")
}


if @Group="MASTER"
{
     vTree = @SelectTreeItem(@Application + "!Forms!Add Data!Menu!MAIN MENU")
     SetDefaultTab("Add Data Main Menu")
}

//Close Tree Windows except for Administrator
//vTreeStatus = @CloseCommandArea()
//
//If vTreeStatus = 0 and (@UserID<>"sesame" or @UserId<>"DIACOM")
//{
     CloseCommandArea(1)
//}
//If @UserID="sesame" or @UserID="DIACOM"
//{
//      CloseCommandArea(0)
//}

// Change Tab Titles on Default Menus (Command Lines are CASE sensitive)
AddToTranslationTable("Add Data MAIN MENU", "Master Menu")
AddToTranslationTable("Add Data BASIC USER MENU", "User Main Menu")
AddToTranslationTable("Add Data PRESIDENT MENU", "Main Menu")
AddToTranslationTable("Add Data TSForms", "Quality Document Center")
AddToTranslationTable("Search/Update NEWPROCS", "Work Instructions")
AddToTranslationTable("Add Data Training Program", "Training Programs")
AddToTranslationTable("Search/Update AVL", "Approved Supplier List")
AddToTranslationTable("Search/Update NEWMOLD", "Mold Production Info")
AddToTranslationTable("Search/Update TRIMMING", "Trim Production Info")
AddToTranslationTable("Search/Update PSUMMARY", "Prefrom Production Info")
AddToTranslationTable("Search/Update INSPECT", "Inspection Production Info")
AddToTranslationTable("Add Data AVL", "Approved Supplier List")
AddToTranslationTable("Add Data NEWMOLD", "ADD - Mold Production Info")
AddToTranslationTable("Add Data TRIMMING", "ADD - Trim Production Info")
AddToTranslationTable("Add Data PSUMMARY", "ADD - Prefrom Production Info")
AddToTranslationTable("Add Data INSPECT", "ADD - Inspection Production Info")
AddToTranslationTable("Search/Update PROSAM", "Sample Orders")
AddToTranslationTable("Add Data PROSAM", "ADD - Sample Orders")
AddToTranslationTable("Search/Update WI2", "Work Instructions")
AddToTranslationTable("Add Data WI2", "ADD - Work Instructions")

//TO CLEAR HTML FILES
n=@shell("del C:\sesame2\*.htm")

As Carl asked: do you have anything in the "On Draw" event of a Startup Form (while also having something in the Global Code of that same form)?

Have you tried running it without that code?

I know that you are using preview. I am asking you to try running it in sesame.exe as opposed to sdesigner.exe as a test. Sesame.exe can open .dsr files if you specify the .dsr file on the command line.

Hello Dietrich,

The Sesame data files can be placed in any directory you want on your computer as long as Sesame has Read and Write permissions to them there. What you can do is create another directory on your system that is purely for the Sesame Data files, such as C:\Users\UserName\Documents\Sesame, Make sure that you as a user have Read and Write permissions to that folder.

Then in the c:\programme\sesame folder you will find a file named rootdirs.ini, open that file in notepad and add a new line to the beginning of the file that is that directory path, ex: "C:\Users\UserName\Documents\Sesame" without the quotes.

Then modify your XLookup programming so that the DB file path includes the full path to that directory, ex "C:\Users\UserName\Documents\Sesame\MyApplication.db"

-Ray

Hello Ray,

thanks a lot for your help. I'll try that.

Otherwise this solution is very inconvenient, because I often use my data on different computers. Isn't there another data-directory in windows 7, which is equal on every pc and accepted by sesame?

Dietrich