Re: [foxboro] UPDATE: **IMPORTANT INFO FOR FOXAPI USERS: The Newer Y2k bug hits FoxAPI/Foxais
- From: "Airhart, Chad M." <Chad.Airhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:39:00 -0600
What exactly do you mean by Shared Variables? How about Application =
Objects?
Chad M. Airhart
Senior Instrument, Electrical and Control Systems Engineer
Equistar Chemicals, LP
Wk. (361)572-2568
Fx. (361)572-2541
Pgr. (361)270-2214 or alpha paging at www.arch.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Dumond [mailto:mdumond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 3:23 PM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [foxboro] UPDATE: **IMPORTANT INFO FOR FOXAPI USERS: The Newer =
Y2k bug hits FoxAPI/Foxais
This issue also affects users of AIM-API.
Foxboro TAC and Foxboro Development have identified this problem, and
Development is currently working on a fix.
Although they have identified this issue as a high-priority, they have =
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not
yet given a release date for the fix.
CAR numbers are: 1005346 for FoxAPI
1005347 for AimAPI
Again this only affects you if you are using FoxApi/AimApi to open lists
that have writes to Shared Variables. Write lists to CP data
(Compound:Block.Parm) doesn't have this problem.
Mark Dumond
Sr App Engineer
FeedForward, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] =
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On
Behalf Of Mark Dumond
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 11:48 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [foxboro] **IMPORTANT INFO FOR FOAPI USERS: The Newer Y2k bug =
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hits
FoxAPI/Foxais
*** IMPORTANT NOTE FOR FOXAPI USERS *********
FOXAPI WRITES TO SHARED VARIABLES STOP WORKING AFTER JANUARY 10
Well, there appears to be a bug that I have been scrambling to fix for =
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days now. I have found this bug in two separate applications that are =
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using
=3D3D Foxapi.
It appears that after January 10, FoxApi can not open Shared Variables =
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=3D3D in
lists for writing. Variables that are in a CP are OK, as are shared
variables for reading.=3D3D20 Foxapi versions 4.2.4, 4.2.5, 4.2.7 all =
have =3D
the
same problem. Version 4.2.0 is immune.
I have not yet passed this information on to Foxboro yet.
Interestingly, this date coincides with the newer Y2K bug that has been =
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=3D3D in
the tech news lately.
See: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-5129875.html
Quote from the story:
This is a story of a software company that mistakenly chose about 1 =
=3D3D
billion seconds--2 to the 30th power, to be precise--since Jan. 1, 1970,
which =3D3D is when the Unix operating system was developed and is Year =
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Zero for
many =3D3D Unix applications.=3D3D20
Unix itself uses a similar method to resolve dates, but developers chose =
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=3D3D
the maximum infinity value of 2 to the 31st power--about 2 billion =3D
seconds.
=3D3D That means that the software will "time out" Jan. 10, while most =
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Unix =3D3D
programs will continue to operate until 2038.=3D3D20
Did Foxboro make this same mistake???
We need a fix!!!!
Helpless,
Mark Dumond
Sr. App Engineer
FeedForward, Inc
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