Subject Re: IDE halts for 1 minute when exiting app
From Paolo Baranzoni Esseduesoft <paolobaranzoni@aruba.it>
Date Wed, 1 Sep 2021 09:40:56 +0200
Newsgroups dbase.getting-started

Il 31/08/2021 19:34, Ken Mayer ha scritto:
> On 8/31/2021 10:13 AM, Paolo Baranzoni Esseduesoft wrote:
>> Il 31/08/2021 18:27, Gaetano D. ha scritto:
>>> On 01/09/21 02:02, Paolo Baranzoni Esseduesoft wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to build an mdi app following the dBase tutorial.
>>>> But when i exit the app and go back to dBase IDE and try to open a
>>>> file in the source code editor (or design) then IDE halts for almost
>>>> a minute waiting for "i dont know what" and finally opens the source
>>>> code editor.
>>>> I use dBase2019 on Windows10 pro 64bit.
>>>> Attached the four files (but they are almost the same as the tutorial)
>>>> Is there something wrong?
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Paolo B.
>>>>
>>> Hi Paulo,
>>>
>>> How many files are there in that folder?
>>>
>>> Also, can you check your Windows Task Manager to see if dBase is
>>> using a lot of CPU cycles during that time? and check if there are
>>> multiple instances of dBase in memory.
>>>
>>> Ciao,
>>>
>>
>> Ciao Gaetano,
>> In that folder there are only those 4 files i attached.
>> There is only one instance of dBase in memory.
>> The CPU usage is always very low (when i start dBase plus, when i work
>> with all the tools of the dBase IDE, when i start the app, when i
>> close the app). But when i try to open a file in source code editor
>> after exited from the app the CPU usage goes to 30% for 1 minute and
>> the task manager writes "waiting for an answer" in the meanwhile.
>> I tried even without antivirus but it's the same.
>> Of course no problem with 2.62 version (my favourite one).
>>
>> I have no problem working with the dBase IDE, files always open
>> quickly, except after i exit from the app, i have to wait 1 minute,
>> then everything goes well, or better i prefere close and reopen dBase,
>> is faster.
>>
>> I have been working with dBase for thirty years (from DBASEIII to
>> dBase2019 through VisualDBase and DB2k) and i never had such an issue,
>> just with dBase2019.
>>
>> I have a very big application, builded in all those years, too layered.
>> With dBase2019 started some strange behaviours like this so i tried to
>> build a new structure from the basic, following the tutorial but the
>> same issue started again after few code lines and i cant understand why.
>
> You may want to turn off some of the settings for the source editor, then.
>
> I have had issues with the source editor crashing a lot or working
> poorly/slowly if Auto Complete and Code Hints are turned on. In the
> Source Editor, go to the menu "Properties", and then select "Source
> Editor Properties". In the dialog, uncheck "Auto Complete" and "Code
> Hints", click OK. Close dBASE, start it back up, try opening one of the
> files that has been slow and see if that solves the problem.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>

It's not a problem of source code editor, the same happens if i use
design mode or if i try create a new file (prg, wfm, mnu) not only when
i try to modify an existing one.

Paolo

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