Re: Strange eVB application lockups on Symbol 8100

From: KS (ks_at_blah.com)
Date: 03/05/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:41:42 -0700

I'm using eVC3.0 and have similar problems with the 8100. The client just
says that it locks up at random places and there doesn't seem to be any
consistent pattern with what they're doing when it locks up. They just soft
reset and go back into the application. I haven't found anything yet, but
it does look like there might be a problem with the 8100?

KS

"Dave" <im@not.telling> wrote in message
news:D-OdnRj7R4hEN9XdRVn-vg@giganews.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I've deployed an embedded Visual Basic application on four Symbol
> 8100 Pocket PC 2002 units and am having problems with the program
> locking up at random times requiring a soft reset of the unit(s).
>
> The program is a stockroom application that allows the user to
> scan barcodes of items in the stockroom and purchase it. They
> scan a barcode on their employee badge to identify themselves to
> the scanner, then proceed to scan the barcodes of the items they
> want to purchase, and enter in the quantity they purchase.
>
> The app has five different forms and is pretty straight forward.
> There's no API calls going on. Just some forms being shown and
> hidden as needed. When the user completes their order it gets
> written to a file on the scanner.
>
> The app can lockup on any screen in the app, at apparently
> random times; I can't see any patterns to the lockups. I've
> checked for memory leaks with the idea that all of the RAM might
> be getting chewed up, but this doesn't seem to be the case.
>
> I know that's not a lot of info to go on, but has anyone seen
> stability problems with the eVB apps? Could this be a problem
> with the Symbol unit/SDK? I've got all the latest service packs
> for the SDK but they haven't helped.
>
> I thought I read somewhere on the net that the eVB date functions
> like "Month" and "Day" could cause problems, which my app was
> using, so I switched to using just "DatePart" instead, but that
> hasn't helped either.
>
> Any suggestions welcome. Using eVB 3.0 2002 Edition. TIA!
>
> - Dave
>
>

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