TreeView

[Christian Weilguny]

Hello to all members!

This time, after one and a half year, I have to do something with PBDLL 6.0.
For this reason I have downloaded the EZGUI free Dialog Designer.
It works very fine and there is much time not spended for creating
dialog-boxes.
But, then I had to implement a TreeView-control and the compiler
crashed trying compile the file.
So, I tried to create a box, where is only a treeview an nothing else.
No menubar, no other controls. All options in EZGUI are selected,
except the Layers-option. The whole skeleton is pastet in a new file.
But, the compiler hangs while compiling the file.

Is there someone, who can say me, what I have done wrong?

best regards to all

Christian Weilguny
Vienna/Austria

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[Cecil Williams]

Show us some code!!!!!!!!

Cheers,
Cecil

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[Christian Weilguny]

Originally posted by Cecil Williams:
Show us some code!!!!!!!!

Cheers,
Cecil

Sorry, Cecil, I cried and PB had it done!
The compiler hangs, but the .exe file is created.
I have not believed this!

When I go to Window/Options/Compiler and check 'Display Results'
the compiler doesn't hang and displays the results.

I've forgotten to say, I use W2K pro as OS, may be, that's the
fact.

If you think, I can poste the whole code of the 'test.bas' with
the treeview alone. But it's very long (generated by EZGUI).
I don't know, what's the opinion of the forum-admin to this.

Christian Weilguny
Vienna/Austria

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[Chris Boss]

Christian;

Email the source code to me and I'll take a look at it !

mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>



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[Chris Boss]

Christian;

You can also go to my online forum for discussing my freeware
tools and post your code there.

http://ezgui.com/page3.htm

Click on the link for the forums !


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[Lance Edmonds]

There are no known issues with running any PowerBASIC product under Windows 2000... I use Win2K myself on a daily basis.



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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>

[Christian Weilguny]

Now, in the meantime I have tried something and this is the result:

PB/DLL compiles correct, but sometimes it 'sleeps' while compiling.
Maybe half an hour, maybe an hour later I get the result-display
and the .exe is created correctly.
I can force the process when I do something like open other apps,
playing a game or so. Then PB shows the result-display earlier.
This is not a matter by the TreeView or (I think so) by EZGUI. It
happen's also without any 'custom control'.
Before it happened first time I had a wrong classname for the
TreeView defined (I created it manually in code).
Maybe, something in system on my computer has crashed at this
time.

Now I think not, the code is wrong, because the created .exe
works fine (sometimes in seconds, sometimes 30 minutes later).

Tomorrow I can try it on some other machines (NT 4.0 and Win98),
then I can tell more.

Thank you for helping me

best regards

Christian Weilguny
Vienna/Austria

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[Chris Boss]

Christian;

As I explained in my email to you, I tested the app you sent me
on my WIN95 system and it compiled OK and ran OK.

Have you considered the possibility that the problem may be the
result of another app running on your PC which is causing havoc
for the PB compiler ?

Programs like AntiVirus software can cause problems when they are
running in the background. Some AntiVirus software actually checks
the harddrive , every time an EXE is written to the harddrive (or
an EXE is modified). I would suspect something like this may be
happening and when the PB compiler attempts to write the new EXE
to disk (when compiling), some software running in the background
is messing things up.

If there was a problem with the compiler there would have been
hundreds of reports by now. A good number of PB programmers are
using WIN2k and they would have found a problem if it existed.

Likely, if you try to compile your apps on another computer you
may not experience a problem.



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[Fred Oxenby]

Chris, Christian and others...
I think this problem (with WIN2K) is reported.
I think Semen have mentioned it, and myself have too....
In my Win2K it affect UEDIT32, as well as PBDLL/PBCC compiler.
I kill the hanging app and logs out and in again.
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I have un-installed Norton antivirus and that did not solve it
so I have also un-installed "ZipMagic", and I have not seen the
problem since, but it is too soon to ring the "all clear" bell


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Fred
mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>
http://www.oxenby.se

[Christian Weilguny]

Originally posted by Chris Boss:
Christian;

Have you considered the possibility that the problem may be the
result of another app running on your PC which is causing havoc
for the PB compiler ?

Hello Chris!

There is no antivirus running on my PC.
All other apps running are services (in the tray)
The only unusual service is 'NetSupport' from PCI-software,
a client for a supportprogram that allows me to control my PC
from anywhere (like PC-Anywhere).

Best regards

Christian Weilguny
Vienna/Austria

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[Chris Boss]

I suggested AntiVirus software could be the problem only because
it is a more common app that runs in the background.

Any app that runs in the background (even one that is a Tray
Icon) can possibly cause problems.

It only makes sense that if the majority of PB users don't
report a problem, that the problem must be unique to a particular
PCs installed apps.

Don't under estimate the problems some installed app can cause !

In some instances the problem is caused , not by an apps running,
but by its mear installation. Some apps modify system wide settings
and overwrite operating system DLLs during installation, which can
cause problems for other apps later on.

An example of an unsuspecting culprit, is your web browser. By installing
Plugins, you can change your system. The RealAudio plugin caused
problems on my system, since it installed itself as a tray icon app
when the PB boots. It caused all sorts of problems for my system and
they only disappeared after I uninstalled it.

Any background app, including some loaded as drivers can cause
problems for Windows. Check your WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI files for
stuff loaded when Windows boots. Check your startup folder. Check
apps loaded as Tray Icons. Apps loaded as Tray Icons are not
necessarily safe, just because they are tray icons.



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[Christian Weilguny]

Hi Chris!

Thanks for your hints about Win.ini, etc.
In the meantime I tried it on a NT 4.0 machine 10 or 15 times and
it works properly all times.
I know, the problem is in the configuration of my PC.
Last I've said, it's possible, something crashed with the wrong
classname I used at the first time compiling. Now I'll try to
reinstall PB. When this not solves the problem I search some other
things like your hints and, finally, there is my most famous
command: "fdisk" followed by "format c:".
After this it WILL work properly.

Now, another question: What in detail is the difference between
the free Designer and the registered version of EZGUI?
Can you tell me some features?

Best regards

Christian Weilguny
Vienna/Austria

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[Borje Hagsten]

Regarding compiler "hanging": I have encountered this a few times,
while running other 16-bit applications in the background. Could
be some 16-32 bit thunking conflict?

Exact same thing has also happened after a few severe crasches, when
General PF has fired his famous "blue screen death" cannon. Whenever
any of this has happened (not often), a reboot of the system has been
the only solution. Then all is ok again.


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[Per Fimmeland]

I have also encountered compiler "hanging" after moving from NT4 to Win2000.
I have no anti virus installed, and no 16 bit apps running (AFAIK).
The problem "comes and goes" and one way I've found to "loosen up" is to
"start" multiple new compiles (from UEdit), then the problem is gone (for a while...)

-p



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[Chris Boss]

Christian;

I'll post a message in the Third Party forum which answers your
question about the difference between EZGUI and the Freeware Designer.



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[George Bleck]

I have run into this occiasionally as well. It appears the the VDM is hanging for some reason. I usually kill the VDM process and immediately the completion dialog appears from the compiler. No reboot, or anything required.

My system..

PB/DLL 6.0
UEDIT 32 v8 (linked to command line compiler)
Win2k Pro sp1
384k RAM


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George W. Bleck
Senior System Engineer
KeySpan Corporation

[Christian Weilguny]

Originally posted by George Bleck:


the the VDM is hanging for some reason.

Hello George!

In the meanwhile I've seen, if I start compiling, and then start
excel or word or something in this case, the result-window is on
top before I'm able to close the other application.

Best regards
Christian Weilguny
Vienna/Austria


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