Oracle NCA Active Timer holding up script

[xxsnikrzxx]

Hello,

I am using VuGen 12.53 with Oracle NCA/Web HTTP protocols. The script I am using can successfully do a lot of Oracle steps, but when I try and go to this specific spot, it gets stuck. The Oracle software I am testing has a bunch of different "screens", and all of them work except for this one. I am doing a basic nca_button_press step but it is throwing these messages:
Action.c(28): Checking for active timers...
Action.c(28): An active timer is found - delaying the step.

The script never says that it is attempting the "nca_button_press" step, it just notifies me of the timer and it delays the step. I was able to do anything in this specific script, as long as it was not related to this "Screen". I even tried a brand new script and it will work for other areas, just not this one.

I was wondering if anyone else has encountered a problem similar to this. Any help or further troubleshooting steps would be great!

[xxsnikrzxx]

After more research, this problem was fixed by changing the NCA Timer Wait Mode in the default.cfg file, but only for Oracle 11i environment. I am using Oracle 12c, and I tried all 4 of the different settings (0,1,2,3), but none of them are helping. Has anyone encountered this problem and found a fix for it?

The original script(the script that worked back on Oracle 11) was recorded as a single protocol of Oracle NCA, whereas the rest of my scripts are multi - Oracle NCA and Web.

Thanks again.

[PerfTestGuy99]

I'm experiencing the same issue with Oracle Forms version 12.  Did you get any solution to this problem?  I've also tried all 4 settings for NCATimerWaitMode, and sometimes the script will playback with it set to 0, but a lot of times the script will fail with the same active timer found message.

[vikybs]

I am getting exactly same issue when moved from 11g to 12c. Script was working fine before now suddenly i am getting :
Core_XXX_S07_ABC.c(821): No timers in queue -> nothing to schedule
Core_XXX_S07_ABC.c(821): Error: Error: ifError expired (5)
Core_XXX_S07_ABC.c(821): Error: C interpreter run time error: Core_XXX_S07_ABC.c(821): Error -- memory violation : Exception ACCESS_VIOLATION received.

(Oracle web protocol in Vugen 12.53)

[Geo2]

I am experiencing the same issue. Also tried different NcaTimerWaitMode settings.

Did anyone find a fix for this ?

[vikybs]

I just increased the following under Runtime Settings > Client Emulation:

Socket Mode Timeout: 999

Max Tries: 999

Retry Interval: 9999

This worked for me.