what are the properties of the option dialog session .
what can I do with it. I know the start shell option and using for it killing sessions Are there any other things I can do with .

Caner

When the option 'Output to console' is selected, it shuts down BaaN on the client pc and it closes all BaaN windows opened during that session (not recommended when an 'update' process is running)

Show BW Messages Window: This option displays the errors encountered (if any) from the time you have logged-into BaaN.

Ram.

Hi,
you can open a shell-session (start shell) to view and kill your own processes, if they hang.
Do the ps - command to vie the processes, and
do the kill [ProcessNumber PID] to kill some of them.
Exit will leave.
In addition of this, you can open the BW-Messages window again, to see the last errors or messages (Button show the BW Messages Window).
And then you have some possibilities with tracing, but I don't know how.
With the 'dump bshell Memory', the Memory of the actual client will be dumped in the $BSE/tmp/bshell.[PID].

Hope this helps you

Best Regards
Daniel

If you open up the shell and then type help.. It will popup the help, and give you all kinds of information.

Hi Nicholas,
this is a good hint, but it is only the help for the shell, and not the option dialg!

Best Regards
Daniel

Hi,
I have a question related to this post.
Someone referred that we can use "Select Table" pane and Print Tables button to get a lot of information on tables being updated and hence information on table linkages.
Does anyone have an idea on how to use this functionality?
Why doesn't BaaN print any help on this omnipresent "Option Dialog"?

Warm Regards
Manu

Log an enhancement request... If everyone does, Baan should get the feeling they should add something.

Manu,
A brief description of Dialog Options is available in BaaN Tools Technical Manual.

Another feature is Bshell Debgging :

That helps you track and trace the performance of your programs.

Hope this helps.

Maxime.