What to do with the error 5369: Class is currently being compiled by process

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This error occurs when an instance of the class is already open at compile time.

There are two ways to deal with this issue:

1. Terminate the process or application that has the instance open
2. Compile options in the studio build menu: Check the compile flag “Compile classes in use” and compile.  

If you want to determine which process is using the class, try the sample routine below.

/// Test.mac
search(classname) public {
    Set pid=""
    Set pid=$order(^$Job(pid))
    While pid'="" {
        Do checkVars(pid,classname)
        Set pid=$Order(^$Job(pid))
    }
} checkVars(pid,string) {
    Set $ztrap="err"
    Set var="" 
    For {
        Set var=$zu(88,1,pid,var) q:var=""  
        Set val=$zu(88,2,pid,var)
        If val[string {
            Write !,pid,":",var," = ",val,!
        }
    }
    Quit err
    Set $ztrap=""
    Quit
}

This sample routine searches the user process's local variables to see if they use the specified class.

≪Execution example≫

USER>do search^Test("Test.Person")
 
2352:p1 = 1@Test.Person
6324:p2 = 2@Test.Person

*In this case, the processes with Pid=2352 and Pid=6324 are using Test.Person.