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RE: [ECS] FW: [ECS] Error in ECS.LOG Dan Hoehnen Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:55:45 -0400 (EDT)

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Michael,  That's odd.  I would have expected there to be some errors.  I 
may have to re-think my theory on why there are errors when ace is 
updating item statuses.  But, I'm glad it works.

On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Michael David wrote:

> Hi Dan!
> 
> I'm not using  Mark's ECS DDE delay environment variable.  BTW, I appear to
> have no timing problems when I send and "I" to ECS requesting a complete
> inventory.  ECS spits out all 1624 items and ACE gets them all just fine; no
> errors on either side.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Michael David
> michael@michaeldavid.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dan Hoehnen [mailto:dhoehnen@infinet.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, August 26, 1998 9:00 AM
> To:	ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org
> Cc:	Michael David
> Subject:	Re: [ECS] FW: [ECS] Error in ECS.LOG
> 
> Mark,
> 
> OK, I now understand what you mean by "respond".  VB handles all of the
> handhsaking btwn the dde source and destination.  So, I have no control
> over this response.  I can only assume the response is getting missed
> because of timing problems.  I run into the same problem if I just send
> an "I" command to ecs and then ecs returns all items configured.  ECS
> sends the items so fast that ace can not keep up.  Well, I'm not really
> sure it is because ace can not keep up, but it is definitely some kind of
> timing problem.
> <snip>
> 
> 

Dan Hoehnen                            
dhoehnen@infinet.com                   
He who dies with the most toys, wins! 
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