Subject Re: inno indexing problem? Sorta solved From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> Date Mon, 5 Aug 2024 07:42:04 -0700 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 8/5/2024 5:47 AM, Charlie wrote: > Hi Ken..  Thanks for the info. > > I found that most of my problems were due to changing locations.  Some of the old data didn't delete as I thought it would and was causing big confusion. > > There will be some more problems that I will have to fix because of the changes but hopefully downhill from here. > > I have one problem that causes an error that I have to fix.  But I have a question about this.  When the error appears and I ignore it,  it causes other problems until the program shuts down. > > And then you can't start the program again until you reinstall the inno setup. > > By accident I found an .ini file in users\local\appdata that was created because of the error or crash I think. > > If I delete that file instead of setup inno again the program runs fine unless I create the error again. > > I am just curious why this .ini file is created and why  in users?  I am thinking this had been created yesterday early in the process and was the reason for the major confusion. > The one in the users folder is the one actually being used by your executable. If it doesn't exist, dBASE (your executable, in this case) will look in the programdata or some other folder where the executable is, and copy it to that location. If there is no other .ini file, then it just creates a basic one which may not have all the settings you need. This is discussed in my books ... Ken -- *Ken Mayer* Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm dBASE Web Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/WebTutorial/00_Menu.htm dBASE DOS to Windows Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/DtoWTutorial/00_Menu.htm