QUESTION
 When I try to access a DSOM object from VisualAge, the VisualAge       
 process ends with no indication of the reason.                         

ANSWER
 DSOM servers are accessed through an intermediate process known     
 as the DSOM Daemon.  If this process is not running when            
 VisualAge sends the first DSOM message, SOM raises a                
 terminating error (Error 30109) and ends the invoking process       
 (VisualAge).                                                        
                                                                     
 You will only see the message associated with this error if you     
 have DSOM debugging enabled (SET SOMDDEBUG=1). The message will     
 be output on STDOUT by SOM (or to the DSOM message file if it       
 is enabled).  You must have STDOUT redirected to a file to see      
 its content.                                                        
                                                                     
 You can insure that the DSOM Daemon is running by including it      
 in your STARTUP.CMD file.  Enter a line similar to the              
 following:
                                                          
 start "DSOM Daemon" /MIN somdd.exe