[THIN] Re: Program not running more than once due to a lock file

  • From: "TheThin" <TheThin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 09:57:36 -0500

One more thing to try, especially if this is a smaller application,
would be to try to get in contact with their developers and see if they
have a solution for you.  Often developers can give you the solution
that tech support can't.

Bill

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From: bludden@xxxxxxx [mailto:bludden@xxxxxxx]=20
Posted At: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 8:39 AM
Posted To: TheThin
Conversation: [THIN] Program not running more than once due to a lock
file
Subject: [THIN] Program not running more than once due to a lock file


Hi,

We have purchased a 2 server XP farm for running a newscast client, and
our remote trucks connect to it via wireless Sprint cards and NFuse
classic. Prior to purchasing this system, we tested it extensively under
Terminal Services, after the software company told us it would run under
WTS. We would receive a message about a log file not being created when
running more than one instance, but otherwise it worked great, as did
the Citrix implementation.

The vendor just released a mandatory update, which suddenly "fixed" the
problem: now when a user gets the cannot create log file message, the
program quits. The first instance of the application locks a text file,
and other instances cannot open it, so the program quits. This is so
that a workstation user cannot run more than one copy.

I've had a similar problem in the past with another old app, but it was
solved by a service resetting a registry key avery 10 seconds or so. I
can't think of how to get around this though. Has anyone had a problem
like this before?

Brian Ludden
Citrix/Remote Systems Engineer
Jefferson Pilot Communications
1 Julian Price Place
Charlotte NC 28208
bludden@xxxxxxx




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