When Livecode goes insane .... what are the reasons for it?

[makeshyft]

Hi everyone,

I was just working with my file, and everything was working fine. I copied some objects in and out of my background group, and didn't do anything major, I also tried to group some things together.....and didn't change any code, and my livecode LOST it. It hung itself in a loop, and seemed to have damaged my file. Thank God I had recently saved a backup.

So what are some of the reasons why the engine might be unstable...... just want to avoid them if I can. Are there are well known no-no's?

Cheers guys....

Tom

[dunbarx]

I have found LC to hang now and then, but never damage a file. Saving often is the key.

Usually, I look for a mirror to find the culprit in most of my work.

Craig Newman

[paul_gr]

Hi Tom,
Yeah.. been there many times...
While I like LC, there are some annoyances.
Install the revArchive plugin into the LC plugins folder. Get it from
http://www2.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/Run ... lugins.htm
(bottom of the page)
It'll give you another small window with a button on it. Use it instead of the LC save...Each time you click, it will give you serialized copies of your stack. It can be a real lifesaver.

cheers
Paul

[makeshyft]

Great plugin suggestion! thank you.

I know what you mean craig.... very often its the programmers responsibility, but in this case even simple message box commands didn't work.

Thanks guys....

[JGonz]

Hi,

got some strange things too, mainly when working with groups and graphics. Sometimes different items shown in the "application browser" and the "project browser", sometimes leaving me unable to work forth with my groups. Duplicate groups suddenly, graphics changing ID.

Couldn't reproduce yet, still trying. There might be a grue hiding in the darks of the code.

Have fun!

PS & Edit: Installed revArchive, hope this helps

[JGonz]

Hi,

and another one, quite funny. Trying to make a sub-stack containing cards with a common background (1 'close' button and a grc in a background group), and all of a sudden (without any change to _any_ *mouse* handler!) the interface goes haywire and various window elements (including the LC menu bar) starts following my mouseLoc ...

Have fun!

[makeshyft]

Definitely, working with groups, pasting in and out of them is buggy, has to be done very carefully and NOT using hotkeys.

for example Sometimes when I paste something into a background group, it disappears!

Part of how to prevent these kinds of things is to plan well.

Thanks everyone.

[archer2009BUSknbj]

Well this is how my LiveCode screen looked like yesterday - Love to know what's up with this

One minute it was fine, the next all screwed up - happened when trying to install a Keystore files

[jacque]

I'd report the problem as a bug. It looks like your stack has a resizestack handler and it is being incorrectly applied to the standalone settings stack when it opens.