Status 77 when performing an action in Orion

Status 77 is caused by a delay in transmission to the server, usually this occurs because of network or hard drive problems at the server itself.  To further diagnose the issue, login into the server and check the status of the network and hard drive.  You may need to review the event log on the server for activities or related error messages.

77: The application encountered a wait error

This status code is obsolete in MicroKernel versions 7.0 and later.

This is an informative status code. You must retry the operation yourself; the MicroKernel does not automatically retry the operation. A client/server MicroKernel returns this status code in one of the following situations:

• The application specified a wait lock bias for an operation, but another user has locked the requested resource.
• The application is currently processing a wait transaction and tried to access a file that another user has locked.

When you are using the Btrieve Requester to access the MicroKernel, the Requester waits and retries if a requested resource is locked. When a server-based application is accessing the MicroKernel and the requested resource is locked, a wait is also required. In this case, the MicroKernel is expected to perform the wait. Because this would occupy the MicroKernel and lock out other users who might be trying to release the requested resource, the MicroKernel does not perform the wait. Instead, it returns this status code, and the server-based application must retry later.