Microsoft KB Archive/114771

= FIX: Disk or Network Error with Data Access Objects =

Article ID: 114771

Article Last Modified on 10/20/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q114771



SYMPTOMS
Error 3043 (Disk or network error) can result when you run multiple instances of one Visual Basic program or you run multiple programs, and all instances or programs perform data access on the same database.

If the program does not explicitly close all the data access objects (by using db.close, for example), then the error will occur when the second instance of the program tries to work with a data access object.



WORKAROUND
Close all data access objects (tables, dynasets, snapshots, and databases) explicitly. For example, if your program has any of the following statements

Dim db As database Dim ds As dynaset Dim sn As snapshot Dim tb As table Set db = OpenDatabase(" ") Set ds = db.CreateDynaset(" ") Set sn = db.CreateSnapshot(" ") Set tb = db.OpenTable(" ")

execute the following close statements before the program ends:

tb.close ds.close sn.close db.close

NOTE: If you place the .Close methods in the Unload or QueryUnload events, make sure you invoke these events before your program ends by using the Unload statement (for example, Unload Me). Be careful when using the End statement; it does not invoke the Unload or QueryUnload events.



STATUS
This bug was corrected in Microsoft Visual Basic version 4.0 for Windows.



Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Start Visual Basic and open the VISDATA.MAK project located in the \VB\SAMPLES\VISDATA directory (ALT, F, O).
 * 2) From the File menu, choose Make EXE File to create an executable.
 * 3) Exit Visual Basic, and run File Manager.
 * 4) Change directories to the \VB\SAMPLES\VISDATA directory and double-click VISDATA.EXE to run the program. Repeat this step so that two instances of VISDATA are running.
 * 5) In both instances of VISDATA, open the BIBILIO.MDB database located in your Visual Basic directory \VB.
 * 6) Close one instance of VISDATA.EXE.
 * 7) Start another instance of VISDATA.EXE and try to open the BIBLIO.MDB database again. You will get Error 3043 - "Disk or Network Error."

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