I saw your post below, and also saw that it received the same response that
mine did. I also posted the question into the general 2002 discussion
group. No responses.
This problem can start t any time after a file has been accessed. The file
that is the subject of the ESORT malady can be open or closed. A file might
have been accessed a half hour previous to the start of the ESORT barrage.
The ESORT malady can also be focused on my local drive, which is where I do
most of my work. Once the ESORT thing is triggered, any movement of the
mouse triggers a barrage of ESORT-related activity.
It affects every workstation that runs ACAD 2002 here. That it might affect
one workstation is one too many!
Who do we contact about this?
"Jørgen Sandø" wrote in message
news:365945010BA4A48306985D80D6F643A7@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I've posted a similar question some time ago...
> We have monitored the network activity on this and found up to 1000
> hits(broadcasts) per second in extreme cases.
> Using more advanced net monitor eqipment we have found that the file
> searched for is ESORTdwf in 2002 and ESORT.ac$ in R14... The lookup for
> this file is continious, you actually just have to activate the drawing to
> trigger its activity!
>
> If you use a 'clean' 2002 drawing, inserting a 'clean' 2002 block it seems
> that you can save your file on a network drive without the traffic. But we
> haven't got to test this enough to make a clear picture!
>
> We are two big users in Norway and Sweden that connects about 3-400 users
in
> two separate networks.
> Anyone with a calculator can make a suggestion on how much extra activity
> this causes on our networks!
>
> Autodesk is probably aware of the problem, but it would be nice to hear
from
> others with the same problem or from Autodesk if they have a solution or a
> patch for this...
>
> For the time beeing I've not deared to tell the network people about this,
> if I do I'm sure they will shut down all activity until the reason has
been
> found and the error is corrected...
>
>
> Jørgen Sandø
> Norway
>
>
>
>
> "Tom Crocker" skrev i melding
> news:C2983DF1EE59B6125DCA329A186D5051@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > For quite some time now I have noticed an unusual phenomenon that occurs
> > with AutoCAD when accessing documents or blocks across the network.
This
> is
> > consistent across Windows OSs and from ACAD 2000i and 2002. We have a
> > network, running Win 2K, and my workstation is W2K with ACAD 2002
> installed
> > on my C drive. I work on the C drive, save to the C drive, but our
> release
> > directory and block library is on the network.
> >
> > What happens is that after accessing files stored on the network or
> > inserting blocks stored on the network, the program begins to exhibit an
> > intermittent lock-up, lasting about half a second. You can make circles
> > with your mouse/cursor, and see it stop and start. This is quite
annoying
> > when you are trying to edit. If you close ACAD and reopen it, the
problem
> > stops. I D/L-ed the program File Monitor in the hopes of catching what
> goes
> > on when this occurs. What I saw, repeating every time I moved the
mouse,
> is
> > reproduced below. NOTE: The file referenced in the log below (drawing
> > 042794nc.dwg) was CLOSED when this was happening, I was no longer in the
> > file. Can anyone explain what is going on and how to stop it?
> >
> >
> >
> > 11:34:35 AM acad.exe:296 FSCTL_IS_VOLUME_MOUNTED
\\sybdc01\shared\Document
> > Control\Released Documents\042700 - 042799\042794nc INVALID PARAMETER
> > 11:34:35 AM acad.exe:296 FSCTL_IS_VOLUME_MOUNTED
\\sybdc01\shared\Document
> > Control\Released Documents\042700 - 042799\042794nc INVALID PARAMETER
> > 11:34:35 AM acad.exe:296 IRP_MJ_CREATE L:\Document Control\Released
> > Documents\042700 - 042799\042794nc\ESORTdwk FILE NOT FOUND Attributes:
Any
> > Options: Open
> >
> >
>
>
