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chris ..... u should try uniserver ....although I havent been able to get
it to work for more than
a day at a time(seems like its an xp bug) as it doesnt write registration
info to the registry properly,
its a whole lot more convenient than dynastore to use.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Walko" <l.walko@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Chris Cheatham" <nchrisc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: off topic: win 2k stack overflow errors
> Chris:
>
> Reading through the Dynastore tech support person's reply, named
> "DB", it seems to me that "DB" is giving you correct advice. If
> this crash occurs with TS4, then you have 2 alternatives: (1) try
> the fix that "DB" suggests; if this bug did not begin until
> recently, you may need to reinstall on a clean or different
> machine; (2) switch to TS2000i.
>
> Chances are rather good that switching to TS2000i will make the
> problem go away.
>
> Leslie
>
>
>
> Chris Cheatham wrote:
> >
> > Any of the tech wizards out there know how I might go about curing stack
> > overflow problems with win 2k and TS4? I have no idea how to begin
dealing
> > with wait states, bios tuning, etc.
> >
> > See particulars below in my correspondence with the amazingly helpful DB
of
> > Dynastore.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
> >
> > > I have isolated the problem now. If I am downloading data via
> > > dynastore downloader in the background with ts running, and after its
> > done, I
> > > then highlight the dynastore program, and when I click on
> > > the "download is done" OK box, TS and server disappear and I get the
> > > following message:
> > >
> > > NTVDM.exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows... An
> > > error log is being created.
> > >
> > > It does not matter if TS is minimized or not. Clicking on the
> > > dynastore downloader box triggers the problem. I just did it several
> > > times in a row.
> > >
> > > Any ideas what it means or
> > > what to do about it?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any insight!!!
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
> >
> > Chris,
> >
> > NTVDM.exe is a Virtual Machine that runs 16-bit applications (for
example
> > Omega Server and Tradestation 4). 32-bit applications like Dynastore are
> > running in protected memory and this memory does not cross with those
> > assigned by NTVDM for 16-bit programs - this is how Windows is working.
> >
> > The "download is done" message box is just a result of a call of
standard
> > Windows function ("MessageBox") made by Dynastore to show you that the
> > download process is completed and there is nothing special in Dynastore
code
> > related to this call.
> >
> > So it's more like that when after clicking OK in one program the next
system
> > (Windows') call to the code of another program (Omega Server, which is
> > 16-bit app and is running in the NTVDM memory space), this call crashes
> > NTVDM (the actual reason of the crash is "stack overflow"), i.e. the
stack
> > assigned to NTVDM (and to 16-bit programs) does not able to handle the
> > nasted calls correctly. This may happen due to several reasons including
> > better RAM requirement or "wait states" tuning in BIOS - in any way this
is
> > not directly related to one of the programs, but rather to the
combination
> > of programs and events that trigger the critical state.
> >
> > I should say that you need to try this combination on another machine
(with
> > another hardware) and check the results.
> >
> > Regards,
> > DB
>
> --
> Regards,
> Leslie Walko
> 610-688-2442
> --
> "Life is a tragedy for those who feel, a comedy for those who
> think"
> Horace Walpole, 4th earl of Orford, in a letter dated about 1770
>
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