Sometimes when I try to close my managed C++ application, the following
dialog displays in Win 2000 Pro:

The title of the dialog is "Server Busy".
The message is "This action cannot be completed because the other program is
busy. Choose 'Switch to' to activate the busy program and correct the
problem."

I don't know why this is displayed. I would prefer to disable the display
of this message if possible. My app needs to be able to close in an
unattended environment, so I need to prevent any messages requiring user
interaction.

Can anyone help me on this?

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Ken Varn
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Diebold Inc.
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I wouldn't think so.............if this is the cause its usually causede by
a flaw in the client apps logic

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"Ken Varn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is there anyway to set a registry setting so that the "Switch to"
selection
> is made automatically?
>
> --
> -----------------------------------
> Ken Varn
> Senior Software Engineer
> Diebold Inc.
> (E-Mail Removed)
> -----------------------------------
> "John Timney (Microsoft MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have no idea what your app does nor how to fix it for you, but this
used
> > to (and likely still does) come about in windows when a client was
talking
> > to an automation server (like excel from a VB client) and the server
lost
> > focus. It would complain because it was expecting to do something and
did
> > not have the focus any longer as control had switched back to the
calling
> > application prematurely.
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> >
> > John Timney (Microsoft ASP.NET MVP)
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > <shameless_author_plug>
> > Professional .NET for Java Developers with C#
> > ISBN:1-861007-91-4
> > Professional Windows Forms
> > ISBN: 1861005547
> > Professional JSP 2nd Edition
> > ISBN: 1861004958
> > Professional JSP
> > ISBN: 1861003625
> > Beginning JSP Web Development
> > ISBN: 1861002092
> > </shameless_author_plug>
> > ----------------------------------------------
> >
> > "Ken Varn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:uSC#(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Sometimes when I try to close my managed C++ application, the
following
> > > dialog displays in Win 2000 Pro:
> > >
> > > The title of the dialog is "Server Busy".
> > > The message is "This action cannot be completed because the other
> program
> > is
> > > busy. Choose 'Switch to' to activate the busy program and correct
the
> > > problem."
> > >
> > > I don't know why this is displayed. I would prefer to disable the
> display
> > > of this message if possible. My app needs to be able to close in an
> > > unattended environment, so I need to prevent any messages requiring
user
> > > interaction.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help me on this?
> > >
> > > --
> > > -----------------------------------
> > > Ken Varn
> > > Senior Software Engineer
> > > Diebold Inc.
> > > (E-Mail Removed)
> > > -----------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Is there anyway to set a registry setting so that the "Switch to" selection
is made automatically?

--
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Ken Varn
Senior Software Engineer
Diebold Inc.
(E-Mail Removed)
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"John Timney (Microsoft MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have no idea what your app does nor how to fix it for you, but this used
> to (and likely still does) come about in windows when a client was talking
> to an automation server (like excel from a VB client) and the server lost
> focus. It would complain because it was expecting to do something and did
> not have the focus any longer as control had switched back to the calling
> application prematurely.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> John Timney (Microsoft ASP.NET MVP)
> ----------------------------------------------
> <shameless_author_plug>
> Professional .NET for Java Developers with C#
> ISBN:1-861007-91-4
> Professional Windows Forms
> ISBN: 1861005547
> Professional JSP 2nd Edition
> ISBN: 1861004958
> Professional JSP
> ISBN: 1861003625
> Beginning JSP Web Development
> ISBN: 1861002092
> </shameless_author_plug>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> "Ken Varn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:uSC#(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Sometimes when I try to close my managed C++ application, the following
> > dialog displays in Win 2000 Pro:
> >
> > The title of the dialog is "Server Busy".
> > The message is "This action cannot be completed because the other
program
> is
> > busy. Choose 'Switch to' to activate the busy program and correct the
> > problem."
> >
> > I don't know why this is displayed. I would prefer to disable the
display
> > of this message if possible. My app needs to be able to close in an
> > unattended environment, so I need to prevent any messages requiring user
> > interaction.
> >
> > Can anyone help me on this?
> >
> > --
> > -----------------------------------
> > Ken Varn
> > Senior Software Engineer
> > Diebold Inc.
> > (E-Mail Removed)
> > -----------------------------------
> >
> >
>
>

John Timney (Microsoft MVP) wrote:

> I wouldn't think so.............if this is the cause its usually
> causede by a flaw in the client apps logic

From my experience this is mostly a flow in the server app...

The message will come up, if the client calls an sever and the server does
not respond.

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"John Timney (Microsoft MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I wouldn't think so.............if this is the cause its usually causede
by
> a flaw in the client apps logic

Or both. A simple example: if WinWord used as an OLE server decides to
display a modal form (like to ask for confirmation about merging the
normal.dot style or something like that), no OLE client will be able to
proceed until the modal form is humanly dealt with.
This could be called a mistake in the installation of WinWord, but it can be
a problem quite hard to deal with...
--
WildHeart'2k3

Thanks for the info. This really helps.

One more question. This problem seems to occur when my application is
trying to close. If I disable these dialogs, will it just hang when trying
to close or will it actually close?


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Ken Varn
Senior Software Engineer
Diebold Inc.
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"Leana" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eQ8$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Search MSDN for ID: Q248019 which could help you.
>
> You should be able to stop these message boxes with
>
> AfxOleGetMessageFilter()->EnableNotRespondingDialog(FALSE);
>
> AfxOleGetMessageFilter()->EnableBusyDialog(FALSE);
>
> or you could increase the delay period using
>
> AfxOleGetMessageFilter()->SetMessagePendingDelay(nDelay);
>
> "Ken Varn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:uSC#(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Sometimes when I try to close my managed C++ application, the following
> > dialog displays in Win 2000 Pro:
> >
> > The title of the dialog is "Server Busy".
> > The message is "This action cannot be completed because the other
program
> is
> > busy. Choose 'Switch to' to activate the busy program and correct the
> > problem."
> >
> > I don't know why this is displayed. I would prefer to disable the
display
> > of this message if possible. My app needs to be able to close in an
> > unattended environment, so I need to prevent any messages requiring user
> > interaction.
> >
> > Can anyone help me on this?
> >
> > --
> > -----------------------------------
> > Ken Varn
> > Senior Software Engineer
> > Diebold Inc.
> > (E-Mail Removed)
> > -----------------------------------
> >
> >
>
>

Your client app may hang since it is waitng for a response from the server.
There could be some flaw in the server's logic which will cause the client
to hang. Or some operation is taking longer than expected in which case the
client will eventually close.

"Ken Varn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for the info. This really helps.
>
> One more question. This problem seems to occur when my application is
> trying to close. If I disable these dialogs, will it just hang when
trying
> to close or will it actually close?
>
>
> --
> -----------------------------------
> Ken Varn
> Senior Software Engineer
> Diebold Inc.
> (E-Mail Removed)

Hello Ken,

By using the method in the KB artilce, the application won't hang since you have set the timeout value. When the timeout
value expires, the call will return.

Thanks.

Best regards,
Yanhong Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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!> Search MSDN for ID: Q248019 which could help you.
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!> You should be able to stop these message boxes with
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!> AfxOleGetMessageFilter()->EnableNotRespondingDialog(FALSE);
!>
!> AfxOleGetMessageFilter()->EnableBusyDialog(FALSE);
!>
!> or you could increase the delay period using
!>
!> AfxOleGetMessageFilter()->SetMessagePendingDelay(nDelay);
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!> "Ken Varn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
!> news:uSC#(E-Mail Removed)...
!> > Sometimes when I try to close my managed C++ application, the following
!> > dialog displays in Win 2000 Pro:
!> >
!> > The title of the dialog is "Server Busy".
!> > The message is "This action cannot be completed because the other
!program
!> is
!> > busy. Choose 'Switch to' to activate the busy program and correct the
!> > problem."
!> >
!> > I don't know why this is displayed. I would prefer to disable the
!display
!> > of this message if possible. My app needs to be able to close in an
!> > unattended environment, so I need to prevent any messages requiring user
!> > interaction.
!> >
!> > Can anyone help me on this?
!> >
!> > --
!> > -----------------------------------
!> > Ken Varn
!> > Senior Software Engineer
!> > Diebold Inc.
!> > (E-Mail Removed)
!> > -----------------------------------
!> >
!> >
!>
!>
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