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<p class="MsoNormal">Upfront – I apologize for the length of this description of my problem.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am NOT a programmer, never professed to be…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However, I have used File Pro for nearly 25 years, very minimally in the past 15 years.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While adding fields to my Define Files “P1” file, I pressed “Escape” and was asked something about something is bigger that something, “do I wish to SHRINK IT” – I have ALWAYS said no to this as I had a disaterous result when pressing “y”
MANY, MANY years ago. I chose “n”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The computer showed “restructuring………………..” for a moment and then displayed:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ddefine.exe has stopped working<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you …………………………….”. [close program].<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Below that on the same screen was displayed: “The instructions at 0043a02F referenced memory at 00000004. The memory could not be read from ______________________”. Blank spaces were shown in blue….<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I waited for something more to happen and after a few minutes I clicked on the “close program” box.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NOW, when I try to go to “Define Files” under the Creation Operations on my Filepro Menu, I get the dreaded “A filepro error has occurred on file: P1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Segment lengths do not match. Key and Data segments contain differing number of records.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">WIN: <span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="file:///\\sksprtbes\Executive"><span style="color:#0070C0">\\sksprtbes\Executive</span></a> Color printer
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“press continue” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then, I get this:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cannot open file:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On File: \APPL\filepro/P1/key<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On File: P1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, I go to the FP Manual online and find that this is error code # 050. It tells me to “Use the Expand File option to expand file by 1 record to synchronize the Key & Data segments. If that does not work restore file from backup”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Did I mention that I DO NOT have a backup?!!?!!!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The P1 file is a file in which I have personnel information……..<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now, before I left the Define Files, I printed a hardcopy of all of my fields. I see that I have 295 fields in this file. It is printed at the bottom of this page: “Key segment record length: 386<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.0in"> Data segment record length: 2702<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I can get to my Define Screens P1 file and decided to panic later. I entered in all of the new fields # 203 – 242 (I did not plug in all of the new fields). I then go to F8 Cursor Path and proceed to add the new fields. When I hit escape
I am shown Field # 203 is not on this screen – it says this for all of the new fields I just added. I can’t get out of this function until I delete all fields that I just added………………….<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I then go to A. Expand Files and when I choose file P1, I immediately get the Filepro error: -Define Files Function Running on this File. – File not available. _ somebody else is modifying this file; try again later.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hey, I’ve seen this before and know how to solve it – I go to ?Filepro Directory (under the Runtime Operations column on my FP menu), highlight P1 and press enter. I get a display on the screen that shows “Key & Data Segments Uneven, press
enter<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And am returned to the box with my Files (backup one screen).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I also look up the Data and Key file in the C:/APPL/filepro directory and see that the size of the KEY is 93kb and that the size of the DATA is 492kb.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Am I totally screwed? There is 15 years of information in this file………..<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As I said at the beginning, I am NOT a programmer, and have not done any real “programming” in over 15 years. I pretty much am self-taught and know enough to be dangerous!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If after laughing your butts off you have the strength to help me, please reply in
<u>very basic</u> LAYMAN’s terms.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thx!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">RK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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