Empty Listboxes in distributed system

[omega1]

I am trying to identify all files that the Listbox depends on.
I have distributed a system to ten machines without a problem on nine. On the tenth machine the system runs OK except that all listboxes are empty! On screens that access the same tables using subforms - there is no problem. Just empty listboxes!

 

[DCrake]

If it works on 9 but on one that tells me that there is something wrong or different about the rouge machine. Is it just one listbox or is all of them?

Do they have access to the back end?

If you log onto that machine can you see them? It may be the users profile.

David

 

[omega1]

Hi Dave,
It is definitely something wrong with the client.
The m/c can see the BE (and extracts data to other controls), but ALL the listboxes remain unpopulated.
I had exactly the same thing last year with an application - I overcome it by running my installation file (inno setup), followed by the distribution routine in Developer. This must have done something extra which I didn't have time to investigate. But now I am determined to get to the bottom of it.
Whatever my inno routine is missing must already be present on the other 9 m/cs as they run perfectly!

 

[DCrake]

Have you checked for missing references in the front end yet. Are they all the same O/S with the same SP?

David

 

[omega1]

Get this -
Most of the successful clients are running XP SP2, one is running under 64 bit Vista and one is running W98 ........ all perfectly!
This one m/c is another XP SP2 machine.
I checked out the missing reference suggestion last time with no joy - everything was fine.

 

[gemma-the-husky]

heres a thought

although the list boxes LOOK empty, can you select from them

put a text box underneath showing a value from the list box

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i had a similar thing in A2007 that i was never able to get to the bottom of.

on one form only, on one machine, a combo box just would not display the contents, although the contents were there, and a text box WOULD show correct data from the invisible data. You could move the curosr up and down the list - just not see the list details. I tried deleting the control, recreating the control, even recreating the form - nothing. I was never able to fix it, but there were only about 6 entries, and they used the text box for a work round. This form enabled the user to select a query to export to a csv, and was based on a MS application. An exactly similar form that enabled report selection worked fine.

an identical

 

[omega1]

Thanks Dave (Husky!)
That's the kind of thought that doesn't generally cross your mind. But I will test that out.
What did you use to distribute your problem app?
I am fairly convinced that my setup routine is missing something, which most times is already on a machine. But in rogue circumstances is missing and so the problem occurs. Might boil down to my original question about dependencies.