Re: Millennium Create Lists and logins was RE: All Ports in Use when they are not

[Sheila Smart <shs1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I do know that the Manual says that there is a setting "Don't wait for 
searches to complete" and that is my preference as it allows us to perform 
other tasks, especially toggling to any other applications running on the 
PC at the same time.  What I didn't realise was that, even if I didn't 
chose that setting but chose the one "Wait for searches to complete" 
another login is opened while a search is being performed.  It may be that, 
being new to the Millenium Modules and not interpreting the manual 
accurately, I had misunderstood the situation but it seems that the 
responses from the list to the original problem show I am not the only one.

At 23-07-03 20:09 Wednesday, you wrote:
>At 05:08 PM 07/23/2003 +0100, Sheila wrote:
>>I've just tested this and find that it does, indeed use two ports.  I was 
>>not aware that this is what happens.  We are just starting to implement 
>>our Millenium Modules now and wish that this had been made clearer us as 
>>it will inevitably impact on how we arrange our procedures.
>
>
>At the risk of being accused of being an evil tool of the dark side, 
>consider the following:
>
>(1)  In the character-based system, a login cannot perform additional 
>tasks while in Create Lists.  If you want to run a list and do something 
>else at the same time, you have to use two logins/licenses.
>
>(2)  In Millennium applications, being "in" Create Lists does not use an 
>additional login---an additional login is only used while the search is 
>being performed.  I suppose sorting might use a login, but listing and 
>showing records do not.
>
>(3)  Millennium applications (Phase 2+) have Create Lists settings which 
>can be altered to deal with local login situations.  We're currently 
>having a little problem with one of the settings so I can't provide 
>definitive evidence that all work as described, but according to the 
>manual, Mill Create Lists can be set to (a) wait for searches to complete 
>and use only one login (i.e., behave like the character-based system and 
>prohibit other activity);  or (b) allow other work to be performed while 
>the list is running (at the cost of use of an additional login (which is 
>indeed spelled out in the manual));  or (c) if all logins for a group are 
>in use, prompt the user to decide.  The default behavior is (b).  See Page 
># 105323 of the R2002/P2 manual.
>
>
>Bob Duncan
>
>
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