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<tt>Scott,<br>
<br>
That is always a problem. One solution is to try to train the
employees but that never works 100%.<br>
<br>
Another is to move the user or report to another place. This is a
bit of work but something has to happen differently.<br>
<br>
It is possible to skip locked records - I believe these is a
environment variable for that. But that will omit the data the
user might be sitting on.<br>
<br>
Is the user in the file running the report or just locking a
record in that file?<br>
<br>
You said cron job so I am guessing a Linux/Unix but if it is
Windows I always setup my scheduled tasks to abort after XX hours
and then you do not get output. I hate them hanging around. On
Linus/Unix I am not sure you have that option.<br>
<br>
Let me give you a data entry situation that works for me. I have
50 users that are ordering things from a file. Instead of having
them running around in that file, they are in a work file that
holds no data. The file has just a few bits of data, and it pulls
in everything else then writes it all back. This keeps everyone
out of the way so the main file is not so busy. <br>
<br>
This has worked well. You can manage reports along the same line,
if you are able to do lookups and process the data from there to
print. Complex selections and sorts might be an issue but it
depends on the report.<br>
<br>
Nancy<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/21/2020 1:34 PM, scooter6--- via
Filepro-list wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">We have an automated (cron job) report that runs M-F at 5:15pm
Unfortunately there can be users in the file this report generates from and
thus the report can't finish - when this happens, sometimes the report
doesn't print at all once the record becomes unlocked
I can see that the job finished it just doesn't print (sometimes)
Is there a filepro or printer setting than can be adjusted to make sure the
report prints once the record is unlocked
This hasn't ever really been an issue until recently for some reason -
nothing in the actual report/job has changed at all
thanks
Scott
PDM
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