LiveCode 6.6 Screen Freeze Bug
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:41 pm
Hey guys, I've upgraded to 6.6 the other week and have noticed one really annoying bug and it happens randomly for me and is really awkward to reproduce as I don't know how to trigger the symptoms effectively but basically it goes like this, I get an average of about half an hours use out of 6.6's IDE and then the screen starts to lock up, basically the IDE appears to be active but refuses to update the actual window contents.
Additionally the window will refuse to activate when clicked but will activate when the button in the taskbar is clicked which will allow me to press Ctrl+S to save but then I usually have to blind type Ctrl+M and then Quit to shutdown the IDE or Task Manager it out of existence, it doesn't stop responding as Windows doesn't ghost the window image and as made evident by the fact that I can blind type Quit and the engine will shutdown.
Again it is hard to reproduce as I don't know the exact method of reproducing the symptoms just that they are as described above, the bug doesn't appear in 6.5 and earlier and honestly sounds like a jam in the message pump that redraws the contents of the window but if memory serves that would cause Windows to ghost the windows and state it is not responding so if anyone else has experienced this or a developer could chime in, I'm hoping we can track this down and fix it for a maintenance release.
Best wishes, Mich.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, when the bug does occur, the taskbar gets a slight glitch where a chunk of the button representing the LiveCode's menubar window shows right in the corner, additionally the Hot Corner to activate the last used Metro app stops showing and the Taskbar right click menu no longer shows if you right click. Again its strange to me.
Additionally the window will refuse to activate when clicked but will activate when the button in the taskbar is clicked which will allow me to press Ctrl+S to save but then I usually have to blind type Ctrl+M and then Quit to shutdown the IDE or Task Manager it out of existence, it doesn't stop responding as Windows doesn't ghost the window image and as made evident by the fact that I can blind type Quit and the engine will shutdown.
Again it is hard to reproduce as I don't know the exact method of reproducing the symptoms just that they are as described above, the bug doesn't appear in 6.5 and earlier and honestly sounds like a jam in the message pump that redraws the contents of the window but if memory serves that would cause Windows to ghost the windows and state it is not responding so if anyone else has experienced this or a developer could chime in, I'm hoping we can track this down and fix it for a maintenance release.
Best wishes, Mich.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, when the bug does occur, the taskbar gets a slight glitch where a chunk of the button representing the LiveCode's menubar window shows right in the corner, additionally the Hot Corner to activate the last used Metro app stops showing and the Taskbar right click menu no longer shows if you right click. Again its strange to me.