I've been fighting problems getting shop floor data collection to work smoothly over the last couple weeks.  Mon-Wed everything seemed to be working fine, but today the machines give an error that BKDCTLAB is locked by another user, do they want to try again.  Over and over they say yes and it keeps coming back.  
 
If they say no it gives them more error messages about the locked files and the dumps them back to the menu.  Unfortunately, it also adds an un-editable record to their work orders in process and they cannot close out of it, I have to delete it in the maintain database mode!
 
The only change I can come back to, even remotely, is that my office staff started entering labor tickets in WO-M on Wednesday, but why didn't the problems start until today!!??
 
Why is DC-A looking at TLAB when it stores data in PLAB? And what processes actually lock TLAB??

Lynn-
 
Thanks for the quick response!!
 
I'm fairly certain that they are all 2000i, but I'll double check.  THis has been an on-going problem over the last few weeks.  It seems to come and go at will, not affecting us for days on end, then they all start to complain.  Something tells me that when somebody gets and error, they are just walking away from the machine and leaving it, AND NOT TELLING ME!

I have been fighting the same situation for weeks. I have tried deleting Pervassive from the server and workstations and re-installing a fresh copy, I have tried downloading the trial version of client server pervassive - the problem still persisits. If anyone has any other options I would sure like to hear - I am frustrated - as are my employees who are all fighting to use one computer.

Just a note to all.  Lynn has worked this out for us and has a new patch that changes the locking scenario.  If you are having this trouble you need to contact her!!