RH7 - Can't open topics - is it this .ldb file?

[Guest]

Hello, I've been working in RH7 on two projects imported from x5. I've had no problems up until yesterday.

All of a sudden, after I opened the project, RH7 wouldn't open the selected topic. Instead RH7 now just hangs, and I have to ctrl+alt-delete.

I noticed this a.m. that there is now an ldb file in the project folder, and if I delete it, a new one comes back. I don't see this file in my other projects, and I don't see in my tools/options how to get rid of it.

I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the problem I'm having.

I tried to create a "fresh" project to see if it the issue stemmed from x5, but I had the same problem.

Has anyone experienced a similar problem, and if so, what did you do to resolve it?

Many thanks,

Lori

[Peter Grainge]

The LDB file is one the is created when you open the project and it should get deleted when you close it. The project has a database in a CPD file. It is a Microsoft Access database and the LDB is created by that. It means Locked DataBase. You can delete it in a closed RH project but don't delete it in an open project, I think it will not allow that but not sure.

If you cannot open a new project, then something is wrong with the installation. I don't think it is to do with activation as that would tell you it was refusing to open until you activate.

If after a reboot you still cannot create a new project, then try a reinstall, unless of course you are trying to open a project across a network. If you are, projects must be local.

[Guest]

Thanks, Peter, I've requested that our IT department reinstall my software.

[Peter Grainge]

Let us know if it works.