Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

[email protected] (Kurt A. Goetze) · Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:38:03 -0600

Bill Brown writes:
> 
> Yesterday I noticed something ungood with gdct313.
> 
> I deleted a record (it happend to be a subroutine record but I think
> that's not important) and it was deleted from the graphics display/file
> but WAS NOT deleted from the .db file.
> 
> Has anyone else seen this behavior?
> 
I have also run into this feature, but I haven't been able to duplicate
the problem consistently.

> I got around it by saving the database and quitting the the program.  Then
> I manually deleted the record from the .db file and restarted gdct313. gdct13
> then had no problem opening the .db and graphics files together, and all
> seemed ok.
> 
When using gdct313, I think it is a good idea to always do a quick check
of a new or edited .db file with a text editor before it is loaded into an
ioc.  This can save a lot of grief.

Kurt Goetze

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System