I haven't pressed that Table Lookup tab on on the Restructure dialog box 
in years because it takes so long, but I tried it this morning and, 
while it took a while, it worked fine.
Win 10 Pro, latest service packs.
-- 
Mark Bannister

On 4/13/2021 6:44 AM, Steven Green wrote:
> the one thing I did notice is that my win7 machine gives the ok/abort 
> message, all of the win10 machines I tried just close
> 
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> 
> Steven Green
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> 
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> "Steven Green"  wrote in message 
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> 
> good point, Mike, but no that's not an issue here
> 
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> 
> Steven Green
> Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
> 
> http://www.OasisTradingPost.com
> 
> Collectibles and Memorabilia
> Vintage Lego Sets and Parts
> - and Paradox support, too
> "Michael Kennedy"  wrote in message
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> 
> Sorry for delay, Steven...
> 
> But... in the old days, Paradox (and many other apps) get totally
> confused if there's a FOLDER and a FILE with the same name.
> 
> You might check if that combo exists?
> 
>   - Mike
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/04/2021 17:51, Steven Green wrote:
>> in the InfoStruct/Restruct box, that's where you set the lookups, and 
>> the lookup type (just current, help and fill, etc.).. the settings are 
>> stored in the VAL file, so it looks at all the val files in the folder 
>> before it opens that screen.. "val file out of date", my favorite
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Steven Green
>> Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
>>
>> http://www.OasisTradingPost.com
>>
>> Collectibles and Memorabilia
>> Vintage Lego Sets and Parts
>> - and Paradox support, too
>> "Kevin Zawicki"  wrote in message 
>> news:6070c887$1@pnews.thedbcommunity.com...
>>
>>
>> what does the "Table Lookup" do?
>>
>> is it a function in the app or paradox table RI / link?
>>
>>
>>
>> "Steven Green" <greens@diamondsg.com> wrote:
>>> no, the folder is f:\pdoxdata, and hasn't moved
>>>
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> Steven Green
>>> Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
>>>
>>> http://www.OasisTradingPost.com
>>>
>>> Collectibles and Memorabilia
>>> Vintage Lego Sets and Parts
>>> - and Paradox support, too
>>> "modridirkac"  wrote in message 
>>> news:op.01jvxxgb34j8uf@n-jurez.mshome.net...
>>>
>>> Did you move DB folder to sub/sub/sub older?
>>> Too long path?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 08 Apr 2021 18:52:59 +0200, Steven Green <greens@diamondsg.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> follow-up.. tried a few tables in a small empty folder, no problem.. 
>>>> and
>>
>>>> no "thumbs.db" message, either.. the real folder is huge, but it's 
>>>> always
>>
>>>> been this big.. as always, "something changed".. :-)
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>>
>>>> Steven Green
>>>> Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
>>>>
>>>> http://www.OasisTradingPost.com
>>>>
>>>> Collectibles and Memorabilia
>>>> Vintage Lego Sets and Parts
>>>> - and Paradox support, too
>>>> "Steven Green"  wrote in message
>>>> news:606f205a$1@pnews.thedbcommunity.com...
>>>>
>>>> on our big app, can't seem to get Table Lookup tab to work anymore.. 
>>>> it's
>>>> always been slow, cuz it looks at every table in the folder, and it
>>>> always
>>>> gives a "thumbs.db" error, of course
>>>>
>>>> but now, it doesn't work at all.. depending on which machine I'm on,
>> when
>>>> I
>>>> hit the Table Lookup tab, it either gives me the OK Abort dialog, or it
>>
>>>> just
>>>> closes paradox.. any table, big small new old, doesn't matter.. anyone
>>
>>>> else
>>>> having this problem?
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>>
>>>> Steven Green
>>>> Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
>>>>
>>>> http://www.OasisTradingPost.com
>>>>
>>>> Collectibles and Memorabilia
>>>> Vintage Lego Sets and Parts
>>>> - and Paradox support, too
>>>
>>>
>>>