Windows application has stopped working. Error message

Question

Hi

I have a windows application that uses webservices to interact with SQL database. The application was working yesterday but when the users tried to access it this morning it would not open. When the exe is clicked on the wait cursor appears and then a windows dialog box appears with the message "ApplicationName has stopped working".

Does anybody know what causes this and how do I fix this?

Thanks in advance.

Thav

thavs · Answer

The problem was with the webservice that the application is using. A web method was throwing an error when bein accessed. The problem with the web service is that it cannot connect to the database. I don't understand why this is happening because it worked before and no change was made to the service.

Suthish Nair · Answer

Are you using any third party softwares. Try reinstalling your software. Also check the .net frameworks on the systems.

thavs · Answer

I tried to check there with no luck. Here is what I got...

Amit Choudhary · Answer

Try check out the event log of windows. or if your client application is logging any information of Application Exceptions. See if any useful information you find there..

thavs · Answer

Hi Amit The service is on a server. The windows application is installed on client machines. The application has stopped working on all machines. No changes were made to the service of the windows application. The service is working because I am able to access the service from the IE browser from the client machine. I'm not sure if windows updates may have caused this but some machines are using Vista while other are using XP but it does not work on either. Any other ideas?..

Amit Choudhary · Answer

hi friend did you have service on your system itself... or on someother server. I think the service is not responding that used to start the application.