Sage 100

Sage issues patches for disappearing payroll and other files. http://www.s-consult.com/2018/01/09/sage-100-patches-address-issues-with-disappearing-payroll-files/

if anyone is interested. Here is what SAGE did. This patch is to program SYINIT Line 1032. See below. The code on the LEFT SIDE is the new/fixed code.... They added an extra Open and Close after they initially erase the file.

So in none geek terms, what does this accomplish (besides the obvious of not deleting your files)?

it is actually more about how SAGE clears files and what happens if that file is missing or tied up.. By added the extra open it was able to recreate it if it was missing. 01032 LET E1$=NAME$,E1=CHANNEL; OPEN (E1,ERR=*NEXT)E1$; CLOSE (E1); ERASE E1$,ERR=*NEXT; OPEN (E1,ERR=*NEXT)E1$; CLOSE (E1) 01035 IF ERR=12 THEN GOTO 1049 ELSE LET E1$=NAME$; ERASE E1$ 01049 IF %SYS_WDX THEN WAIT 1 01050 CALL ""SYDEFN"",PATH$,NAME$,TYP$,KEY,RECS,BYTES,E,S2$

Thank you for letting us know about this, Wayne. Sage support said that I would be notified once this update was available, as I have 3 customers experiencing this problem, but I've not received any such notification. SAD!