KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q214898: SMS: PCM May Not Detect FoxPro Program Terminations

Article: Q214898
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 1.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbClient kbConfig kbsms120 kbsms120bug kbPCM kbPackage kbSoftwareDist
Last Modified: 22-OCT-2000

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS
========

When Package Command Manager (PCM) launches a program written in FoxPro version
2.6, the FoxPro program starts and runs as expected, but the workstation may not
shut down properly after you have quit the program.

Well after the FoxPro program has been quit, the Pcmwin.log file may repeat
entries similar to the following:

  [10/29/96 12:15:39] Package Command Manager ==> A job is in process.
  [10/29/96 12:15:41] Package Command Manager ==> Monitoring running job.
  [10/29/96 12:15:41] Package Command Manager ==> The running process handle is 9230

CAUSE
=====

This behavior can occur because when you start a program built with FoxPro 2.6
for Windows, the FoxPro executable (*.exe) functions as a loader program. It
loads Foxw2600.esl (a support library), which actually runs the code. PCM
obtains a process handle to the support library instead of to the FoxPro
program.

WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this issue, follow these steps:

1. Create a Microsoft Visual Basic wrapper program that calls the FoxPro program
  or installation executable.

2. Create and distribute a package that runs the Visual Basic wrapper program.

STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Systems Management
Server version 1.2.

Additional query words: prodsms

======================================================================
Keywords          : kbinterop kbClient kbConfig kbsms120 kbsms120bug kbPCM kbPackage kbSoftwareDist 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS120
Version           : :1.2
Issue type        : kbbug

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.