8.1 RC - hangs on startup Topic is solved

[greg4b]

Hello,

I'm on 8.1 RC and I've crashed my set-up during gantt-editing.

Action: I've done a fresh install - fine. With the old ini file it does not get started anymore...

Question: How to provide the ini file for root cause detection?

Thanks,

Greg

[abstr]

Hi Greg

If you open the About dialog (Help > About) it'll show you where the ini file is located.

[greg4b]

Thanks abstr,

I've checked and somewhat tried to remove personal / senstive information...

Since my ini has more than 200.000 lines maybe you could see for root cause.

I'd like to send you the file by PN or email.

Thanks,

Greg

[abstr]

todolist.forums@abstractspoon.com

I've checked and somewhat tried to remove personal / senstive information...

Before you send it, can you verify that the modified ini file still produces the hang on your system please?

[greg4b]

yes, still hanging - sent you file by mail.

[abstr]

Thx for that Gregor.

It seems that a bug in the 'Gantt Chart' causes the software to think there are 95727 columns (though I suspect it's probably been growing for some time)!

Try this:

1. Close TDL
2. Take a backup of your ini file
3. Open the original in a text editor
4. Find and delete the following two sections

Code: Select all

[FileStates\Generic.xml\UIExtensions\83F6CBD3-5F3C-4567-9BA8-9544B899F949\ListTracked]
Count=95727
...

[FileStates\Generic.xml\UIExtensions\83F6CBD3-5F3C-4567-9BA8-9544B899F949\ListWidths]
Count=95727
...

5. Save the ini
6. Restart TDL
7. Monitor the situation and let me know when the column size grows beyond 1000 and we'll talk some more

In the meantime I will look at the code and see if I can work out where this is occurring.

ps. Interesting that the problem only occurs on the Generic.xml tasklist even though you use the Gantt Chart for all your tasklists. Perhaps you could have a think about whether you use the software differently for that tasklist...

[greg4b]

. Perhaps you could have a think about whether you use the software differently for that tasklist...

I use the gantt in every todo list - because this shows for me perfectly the dependency and duration - even with hours granularity.

Hope this is no "abuse" usage

[abstr]

Did my suggestion fix the problem?

[greg4b]

yes, the deletion of the two sections lead to normal loading of the app.

Thanks,

Greg