Omnis Datafile Bridge and Sequoia 15.2

Wed Jan 29 14:27:06 UTC 2025

Hi all

It still fails to open data files with Sequoia 15.3. Changing to another user and then back to the main user works for me…

Kind regards
Juan

> On Jan 28, 2025, at 9:54 PM, Reg Paling <reg.paling at lokanet.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have tried with the newly-released Sequoia 15.3 and it looks like the
> problems I was experiencing have been resolved.  I can't be certain yet
> because the symptoms were inconsistent, however I am pretty sure 15.3
> solves them.  Specifically, I am referring to the problem where macOS
> seemed to forget to honour the local network permission for Omnis, where it
> worked the first time after the permission was set, but then (mostly) never
> again until the permission was turned off and on again, when it would once
> again work for just a single launch of the Omnis application.  I have
> tested in my development environment and also on one client's computer.
> 
> Andrew, I didn't encounter an issue like you describe, so I can't speak for
> that.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Reg
> 
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM Andy McVeigh via omnisdev-en <
> omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com> wrote:
> 
>> Following on from this post I am having problems with the ODB and Sequoia
>> as well but it seems different from has been reported
>> 
>> When clients start Omnis in the morning it comes up with a communication
>> error couldn’t connect to 0.0.0.0 so we check the server ODB is running
>> which it is, then we open the library on the server to see if it connects
>> (which it does) and then quit and from that point on the other users can
>> get access s normal
>> 
>> Interesting the same problem happens with Filemaker server so when the
>> same client Mac tries to connect to the FM server database it says it can’t
>> connect but the process of running Omnis on the server seems to fix FM as
>> well
>> 
>> So maybe it is a Sequoia network sleep issue or something along those lines
>> 
>> Andrew McVeigh
>> Surfway Real Solutions
>> Phone 02 44412679 Mobile 0418428016
>> www.surfway.com.au
>> www.berrarabeach.com.au
>> <http://www.surfway.com.au/>
>>> On 27 Dec 2024, at 9:54 pm, Reg Paling via omnisdev-en <
>> omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Alan,
>>> 
>>> I did some more work on it but did not finish in time before we left on a
>>> road trip.  The Applescript I used was pretty much the same as the one
>>> Stefan linked to.  I ended up coding it in Omnis using $runapplescript.
>>> Thanks Stefan and Michael for your help.
>>> 
>>> I didn't report it to Omnis Support because it seems to be a macOS
>> problem
>>> and seems to affect all apps.
>>> 
>>> I note that I was barking up the wrong tree regarding v15.2 - I had
>>> overlooked starting up the ODB!  So it seems to me that v15.2 is no
>> better
>>> or worse than v15.1.
>>> 
>>> Alan (and anyone else who is interested - let me know) I will privately
>>> send you my Omnis code that uses $runapplescript to fix up the
>> "forgotten"
>>> settings.  I am confident that this approach will work - there are just
>>> some tricky aspects of the script that need to be tried and tested and an
>>> optimal solution found.
>>> 
>>> Best wishes to all for a fabulous 2025!
>>> Reg
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 8:05 AM Alan Schmidt <alan at goconnected.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> Just wondering if either of you have an update on this issue?
>>>> 
>>>> I just had my first user report this to us today.
>>>> 
>>>> Has it been reported to Omnis support?
>>>> 
>>>> Also Reg, would you mind sharing your AppleScript "fix"?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks guys and Happy Holidays!
>>>> 
>>>> -Alan
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Dec 17, 2024, at 1:41 PM, Stefan Csomor <csomor at advancedconcepts.ch>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Reg
>>>> 
>>>> We are experiencing the same issues, it’s not depending on whether you
>>>> notarize the app or not. There is also a reddit thread that mentions
>> these
>>>> problems
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1fjopdm/something_has_changed_in_sequoia_in_regards_to/
>>>> <
>>>> 
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1fjopdm/something_has_changed_in_sequoia_in_regards_to/
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> it first happened only to cloned machines/migrated accounts, but after
>> the
>>>> 15.2 update also a ‘normal’ machine displayed the same issues. My own
>> test
>>>> machine never had these issues though …
>>>> 
>>>> Creating a new user on the machine seems to help sometimes.
>>>> 
>>>> Best,
>>>> 
>>>> Stefan
>>>> 
>>>> Von: omnisdev-en <omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com> im Auftrag
>> von
>>>> Reg Paling <reg.paling at lokanet.com>
>>>> Datum: Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2024 um 05:03
>>>> An: OmnisDev List - English <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com>
>>>> Betreff: Omnis Datafile Bridge and Sequoia 15.2
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> I have a Studio 10.2 application. It isn't notarised.
>>>> 
>>>> One of my users updated his workstation to Sequoia 15.1 and had trouble
>>>> connecting to the datafile. After granting permission in Security
>> Settings
>>>>>> Local Network, it would work once until Omnis was quit at the end of
>> the
>>>> day, and then it would seem to forget the setting. The Open Datafile
>>>> command just returns a flag false. I set up a temporary Applescipt to
>>>> automatically fix the Settings each time, in the hope that the problem
>>>> might go away with macOS 15.2.
>>>> 
>>>> Now I've tested with v15.2 and the problem is hard on. It seems to
>> ignore
>>>> the System Setting.
>>>> 
>>>> I am wondering whether I finally have to notarise the app.
>>>> 
>>>> Does anyone have a Studio 10 or 11 app that uses native datafile and is
>>>> working with Sequoia?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Reg
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