"Helen Borrie" <helebor@...> wrote in message
news:<5.2.0.9.2.20040801102859.0d3ace48@...>...

> At 05:23 PM 31/07/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >I'm calling gfix from within a Delphi program. I'm getting errorcode
> >128 returned. Anyone know that means? The execution line I am using
> >works at the command prompt.
> >
> > path\gfix.exe -mode read_only -user xxx -password yyy
> > databasepath
> >
> >Delphi 6 pro, FB 1.5.1. XP Pro.
>
> AFAIK, it's a DOS error that occurs when an operation can't write to a
> file. Gfix needs exclusive access. Is the application trying to
> execute the command while there's a connection open to the database?
>
> /heLen

I'll check. Before this in my code, I do a backup, then I restore the
backup to a database file in a new directory and want to mark it for
Read_only so that directory, with the necessary exes can be copied to a CD
for viewing only. Backup/restore are done using IBOAdmin.

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