Message Box is dead

[acidjazz]

I'm in version 4.6.4, and for some reason the message box has stopped responding to anything I type, except to put "revErrorDisplay" at the top of the window when I hit enter. I've tried the single and multiple window, then I rebooted my mac (OSX 10.7.3), then I reinstalled the entire LiveCode application. Nothing. Then I removed some plugins that I recently added. Still nothing.

The bottom portion of the message box does display messages (e.g., "put the date") that I run from a button script, but if I were to type the same command directly into the top of the message box.... no response. When I open the message box the command I typed a few days ago shows up. Everything I've typed since then has been completely ignored.

I'm stumped.

- Mark

p.s While I"m at it, I've noticed that the variables tab in the script editor also doesn't respond. And again, this is after I reinstalled the application. Are there certain files lurking that I should delete to truly start fresh?

[dunbarx]

This happens now and then. Put the cursor in the lower field (with the single line pane) and type a return. This makes it all better.

Craig Newman

[acidjazz]

I wish that were the case, but I've tried doing this (putting cursor in lower box and hitting return) and every variant I could think of, and still I get no response.

- mark

[dunbarx]

Mark.

Oh.

I am on a Mac. I have seen this in LC 4x and 5x, now and then. OSX 10.4-10.7.

There was a thread about it a while ago, but I cannot find it. I don't think there was a resolution, as it rears its head very irregularly. In fact, I have not noticed it in many months, maybe a year.

Anyone else?

Craig Newman

[shaosean]

Try deleting the preference files

[acidjazz]

I don't appear to have a preferences file for Livecode. I've looked in the ../Library/Preferences/ folder, but can't find anything that looks remotely related to LC. What is the file called, and where is it located?

Thanks,
Mark

[shaosean]

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~/Library/Preferences/RunRev/livecode.rev

If you have/had an older version of Runtime Revolution installed

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~/Library/Preferences/Runtime Revolution/

[acidjazz]

Still no luck. I looked in the folders Shaosean mentioned, and searched through any additional preference folders I could find (i.e., at the system level, in the Application Support Files folder, and via spotlight). I simply can't find any evidence of a preference file for livecode. But, clearly one still exists, because I trashed the application, emptied the trash, and reinstalled, and it is still showing the command in the message box I typed almost a week ago.

I'm really at a loss as to what to do.

Mark

[shaosean]

Sorry to be posting here, but cannot send you a private message, so send me one with your email address.

[acidjazz]

Wow, I'm feeling pretty useless lately. How do you send a private message? I changed my status to allow people to email me, but couldn't find a way to send one to anyone.

My email is m & pezzo & @ & gmail & dot & com

Mark

[Klaus]

Hi friends,

private messaging is disabled in this forum, I'm afraid.


Best

Klaus

[acidjazz]

Since I've been uninstalling Livecode to try to solve this problem, I figured it's safe to poke around in the IDE a bit. If I screw something up, no problem, I just reinstall. So, I noticed that some things that I would expect to find in a preference file seem to be stored in the individual .rev stacks as a custom property (for example a history of the commands I've typed into the message box) But, obviously, they must be read in from somewhere else because I deleted the entire Livecode app bundle and reinstalled, and yet Livecode still knows what I typed into the message box 10 months ago!

My apologies to those who know this stuff better than I do. It's fascinating and frustrating all at the same time. Shaosean, if you want to email me directly, please do.

Mark

[shaosean]

We sorted out the issue.. Seems it was related to Daz Studio.. Thanks to Ken Ray for the solution..

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http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.ide.revolution.user/167374/match=daz3d

[acidjazz]

And Thanks to Sean for spending almost an hour with me helping me track this down.

Whew!

- Mark